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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CLAPHAM | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex | Age | Social Position | |||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 to 45 years. | From 45 to 65 years. | From 65 to 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring. | ||||
Population(Census), 1896} 46,953 | |||||||||||||||||
Estimated Population}47.804in middle of 1897 | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
D1phtheria | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | ||
Membranous Croup | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric Fever | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | ||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Choiera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Measles | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 11 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 11 | |||
Whoop1ng Cough | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | ||
Influenza | 9 | 3 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 44 | 21 | 23 | 35 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 33 | ||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 86 | 42 | 44 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 56 | ||
II. Const1tut1onal. | Gout and Rheumatism | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
Cancer & other Tumours | 66 | 12 | 54 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 30 | ||
Other Const1tut1onal D1seases | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Phthisis | 67 | 31 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 14 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 18 | 45 | ||
Other Tubercular ( D1seases | 23 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 15 | ||
Nervous | 54 | 26 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .. | 8 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 23 | ||
III. Local. | C1rculatory | 64 | 30 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 32 | |
Respiratory | 104 | 51 | 53 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 75 | ||
Digestive | 24 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | ||
Urinary | 14 | 10 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
Generative | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||
Locomotory | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Integumentory | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | 1 | |||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 56 | 33 | 23 | 53 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 14 | 39 | |
Congenital Defects | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Old Age | 19 | 7 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
V. Violence | 14 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||
VI. Ill-defined Ill-defined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
& not specified Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
607 | 278 | 329 | 166 | 66 | 15 | 26 | 82 | 107 | 76 | 69 | 31 | 45 | 175 | 356 |