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. 71
STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
streatham. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||||
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population 1 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 C lass. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
Estimated Population, 1898 | 60,459 | ||||||||||||||||||
causes of death. | |||||||||||||||||||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diphtheria | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Membranous Croup | |||||||||||||||||||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | i | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Erysipelas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | l | |||
Measles | 26 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 25 | |||
Whooping Cough | 19 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 18 | |||
Influenza | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 11 | |||
Diarrhoea & Dysentery | 29 | 19 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 24 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 21 | |||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 103 | 61 | 42 | 44 | 27 | 71 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .. | 7 | 13 | 83 | |||
Gout | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Rheumatism | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | I | |||
Cancer & other Tumours | 41 | 12 | 29 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 22 | |||
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Phthisis | 58 | 33 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | ?1 | 14 | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | 11 | 43 | |||
Other Tubercular ( Diseases | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 9 | |||
Nervous | 68 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 19, | 27 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 49 | |||
Circulatory | 69 | 38 | 31 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 50 | |||
Respiratory | 158 | 100 | 58 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 44 | 36 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 126 | ||||
Digestive | 38 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 26 | |||
Urinary | 27 | 19 | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | .. | 2 | 3 | 22 | |||
Generative. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Premature Birth Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 51 | 23 | 28 | 51 | .. | 51 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 42 | |||
V. | Old Age | 66 | 24 | 32 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 40 | ||
VI. | Violence.. | 18 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | ||
All other Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Totals | 708 | 379 | 329 | 163 | 69 | 232 | 27 | 28 | 68 | 123 | 100 | 130 | 13 | 58 | 106 | 531 |