Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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PUTNEY | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease.&c., in the Sub-District. | Sex | Age | Social Position | |||||||||||||||
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Population (Census), 1891 | 17,771. | | Males. | Females. | J Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 & under 45 years. | From 45&c., under 65 years. | From 65 & under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class' Shopmen, Clerks, Ac. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||||
Estimated Populalation in middle of 1895 | 19,624. | ||||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Membranous Croup .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Enteric Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Measles | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
W hooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Influenza | 17 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | .. | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Diarrhoea & Dysentery | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 33 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 5 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | .. | 3 | 9 | 21 | ||||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Cancer & other Tumours | 16 | 3 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .. | 4 | 5 | 7 | ||||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Phthisis | 20 | 10 | 10 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 12 | ||||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | ||||
III. Local. | Nervous | 28 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 13 | |||
Circulatory | 22 | 8 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Respiratory | 57 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 7 | .. | .. | 4 | 11 | 14 | 11 | .. | 8 | 15 | 34 | ||||
Digestive | 21 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | 9 | ||||
Urinary | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2, | 3 | ||||
Generative | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | ||||
Locomotory | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
IV.Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality ) | 20 | 12 | 8 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 18 | |||
Congenital Defects | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||
Old Age | 6 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
V. Violence | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 12 | ||||
VI.Illdefined & Not specified | Illdefined Not specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals | 258 | 127 | 131 | 61 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 36 | 56 | 36 | 34 | 1 | 38 | 71 | 148 |