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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PUTNEY. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex | Age | Social Position | ||||||||||||||
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Population (Census), 1896 | 20,366. | 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. Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | ||||
Estimated Population in 1898. | 21,682. | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Diphtheria | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | ||||
Membranous Croup | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Measles | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Whooping Cough | 15 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||
Influenza | 10 | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | ||||
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 11 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Totals of Zymotic Class- | 56 | 31 | 25 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 12 | ||||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Cancer & other Tumour. | 13 | 2 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 7 | ||||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Phthisis | 23 | 15 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
III. Local. | Nervous | 26 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .. | 2 | 9 | |||
Circulatory | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 12 | ||||
Respiratory | 46 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | .. | 3 | 9 | ||||
Digestive | 24 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | l | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | ||||
Urinary | 15 | 5 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | l | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | ||||
Generative | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||||
Locomotory | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||||
Integumentary | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||||
IV. Developmet | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 12 | 8 | 4 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Congenital Defects | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||
Old Age | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | ||||
V. Violence | 12 | 7 | 5 | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||
VI. Illdefined & Not specified | Illdefined | 1 | 1 | •• | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Not specified | ||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 268 | 140 | 128 | 72 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 40 | 49 | 26 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 86 |