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.
WANDSWORTH. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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Population (Census), 1896 | 58,101 | Males. | Females | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 and under 45 years | From 45 and under 65 years | From 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class. Merchants. Bankers, Ac. | Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen. Clerks. Ac. | I ndustrial and Labouring | |||
Estimated Population in middle of 1597 | 61,251. | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | 6 | 6 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diphtheria | 30 | 18 | 12 | .. | 13 | 14 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||
Membranous Croup | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |||
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Measles | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |||
Whooping Cough | 12 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | |||
Influenza | 18 | 4 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | |||
Diarrhoea & Dysentery | 48 | 24 | 24 | 40 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | |||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 128 | 69 | 69 | 48 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 6 | |||
ii. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatit-m | 10 | 3 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | |||
Cancer & other Tumour | 41 | 13 | 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 11 | .. | |||
Otber Constitutional Diseases | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Tubercular | Phthisis | 67 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 21 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | .. | ||||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 27 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | |||
III. Local. | Nervous | 114 | 74 | 40 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 20 | .. | ||
Circulatory | 78 | 2-5 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 6 | .. | 33 | ||||
117 | 65 | 52 | 40 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 30 | |||||
Digestive | 68 | 26 | 33 | 30 | 3 | .. | 3 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | ||||
Urinary | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 9 | ||||
Generative | 0 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Locomotor | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||||||
Integumentary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 70 | 31 | 39 | 70 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 9 | |||
Congenital Defects .. | 10 | 5 | 6 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Old Age | 56 | 24 | 32 | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 16 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 15 | ||||
v. | Violence | 22 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
VI. Ill-defined ( III-defined) | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
& not Specified (Not specifier) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals | 838 | 402 | 136 | 232 | 77 | 42 | 26 | 108 | 162 | 96 | 95 | 29 | 48 | 204 |