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.
Streatham. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. | Sex- | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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Population census, 1896 54,338 | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | All under 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. | Middle and Trading Class. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
Estimated Population, 1897 58,183 | ||||||||||||||||||
Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||||
I. ZYMOTIC. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphteria | 11 | 3 | 8 | .. | 5 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | ||
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Typhus Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Measles | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||
Whooping Cough | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Influenza | 15 | 6 | 9 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | ||
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 37 | 22 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 36 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 35 | ||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Ohter Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
II. | Totals of Zymotic Class | 84 | 44 | 40 | 38 | 22 | 60 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 80 | |
Gout | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Rheumatism | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Cancer & other Tumours Other Constitutional Diseases | 23 | 8 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |||
Tuber cular. | ceases | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Phthisis | 51 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 4 | 43 | ||
III. Local. | Other Tubercular Diseases | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |
Nervous | 62 | .. | 36 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 41 | ||
Circulatory | 70 | 36 | 34 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 53 | ||
Respiratory | 80 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 2 | .. | 5 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 66 | ||
Digestive | 41 | 17 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 34 | ||
Urinary | 22 | 12 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |||
Generative | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Locomotory | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
IV. Develop mental | Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Premature Birth Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 47 | 29 | 18 | 47 | .. | 47 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 41 | |||
Old Age | 40 | 18 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 27 | ||
V. violence | 19 | 13 | 6 | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 18 | ||
VI. All other Diseases | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Totals | 567 | 286 | 281 | 146 | 44 | 190 | 18 | 23 | 59 | 105 | 81 | 91 | 26 | 35 | 60 | 446 |