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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Parish of Streatham.
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The following Table indicating the nature of the
cause of death, the age and sex of the deceased and the
character of the institution in which death occurred,
includes all parishioners dying in outlying general
and special hospitals within the Metropolis, and the
Workhouse Infirmary:—
Sex. | Ages. | Institutions. | Elsewhere. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
STREATHAM. DISEASE. | Totals. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | Total under 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 to 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. | ||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlatina | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Diphtheria | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Typhus | FEVERS. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatic | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthisis | 6 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Bronchitis Pneumonia & Pleuresy ) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | |
Heart Disease | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | |
Injuries | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |||
All other Diseases | 34 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 19 | .. | 1 | |
Totals | 73 | 41 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 27 | 40 | 3 | 3 |