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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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
PUTNEY. | 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 & under 45 years. | From 45 & under 65 years. | From 65 & under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants. Hankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||||
Population (Census), 1896 20,566 | |||||||||||||||||
Estimated Popu- lation in 1897. 21,125 | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||
..I. Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
Influenza | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 21 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 18 | ||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
II. Constitutional. | Totals of Zymotic Class | 38 | 21 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 9 | 25 | |
Gout and Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cancer & other Tumours | 18 | 4 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .. | 3 | 10 | 5 | ||
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Phthisis | 14 | 6 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
III. Local. | Nervous | 29 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 10 | 3 | .. | 7 | 9 | 13 | |
Circulatory | 33 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .. | 7 | 13 | 13 | ||
Respiratory | 48 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .. | 3 | 9 | 17 | 4 | .. | 12 | 12 | 24 | ||
Digestive | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | 8 | 7 | ||
Urinary | 7 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
Generative | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Locomotory | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 18 | 13 | 5 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
j Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Old Age | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
V. Violence | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | ||
VI. Illdefined& Illdefined Not specified Not specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Totals | 238 | 121 | 117 | 63 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 47 | 51 | 19 | .. | 42 | 77 | 11 |