Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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| CLAPHAM.Population (Census), 1891 43,698 Estimated Population in middle of 1894. 46,380 | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 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, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, Ac. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||||
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
| I. Zymotic. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Diphtheria | 15 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 11 | |||
| Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Continued Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Measles | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 14 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Influenza | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Diarrhoea & Dysentery | 11 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | |||
| Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Other Zymotic Diseases. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 73 | 36 | 37 | 17 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 17 | 63 | |||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | ||
| Cancer & other Tumours | 40 | 11 | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 20 | 8 | 5 | .. | 6 | 17 | 17 | |||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Phthisis | 49 | 24 | 1 | .. | .. | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 12 | 31 | |||||
| Other Tuberculin Diseases ,. | 17 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 11 | |||
| III. Local. | Nervous | 53 | 20 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 29 | ||
| Circulatory | 61 | 24 | 27 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Respiratory | 88 | 40 | 48 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 6 | |||
| Digestive | 38 | 13 | 25 | 9 | .. | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 17 | |||
| Urinary | 13 | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Generative | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Integumentory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 41 | 31 | 10 | 41 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |||
| Congenital Defects | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||
| Old Age | 10 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
| V. Violence | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | 9 | |||
| VI. Ill-defined & not Specified | Ill-defined | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Not Specified | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 501 | 230 | 271 | 116 | 50 | 15 | 22 | 64 | 104 | 51 | 73 | 15 | 35 | 143 | 308 | |||