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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TOOTING. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c , in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | Deaths in Public Institutions within the District. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 1895, | 7306 | Mules. | Females. | Under 1 Year. | From 1 to 5 Years. | All under 3 years. | From 5 to 15 Years. | From 15 to 25 Years. | From 25 and under 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. | Industrial & Labouring Class. | |||||||
Estimated Population in middle of 1897 | 7611 | Parishioners. | Non-Parishioners. | ||||||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Scarlet Fever | 76 | 47 | 29 | 4 | 53 | 57 | 16 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 73 | .. | 76 | ||||||
Diphtheria | 192 | 84 | 108 | 5 | 112 | 117 | 67 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 189 | 1 | 191 | |||||
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Tvphus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Measles | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |||||||
ii. | Constitutional. | Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |||
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Diarrhoea & Dysentery | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | ||||||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 278 | 135 | 143 | 17 | 167 | 184 | 81 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 272 | 1 | 270 | |||||
Gout and Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Cancer & other 1 umours | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | |||||
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Pnthisis | 11 | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | .. | 1 | |||||
Other Tubercular Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Nervous | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | |||||
III. Local. | Circulatory | 16 | 10 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | |||||
Respiratory | 6 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Digestive | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | |||||||
Urinary | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | |||||
Generative | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Locomotary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Developmental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 13 | 9 | 4 | 13 | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | ||||
Old Age | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | |||||
V. | Violence | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ail Other Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Totals | 362 | 176 | 176 | 35 | 169 | 204 | 88 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 11 | .. | 7 | 14 | 331 | 1 | 275 |