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, &C.
PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1801—6,481. Area in Statute Acres—2,176. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | Under 20 years, including all under 10 years. | At 20, and under 40 year of age. | At 40, and under 60 years of age. | At 60, and under 80 years of age. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle A Trading Class, Shopmen, C'erks, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | |||
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||
Classes:— | ||||||||||||||||
1. Zymotics | Small Pox | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Measles | 3 | 1 | 2 | l | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Scarlatina | 10 | 6 | 4 | .. | 7 | 3 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Diphtheria | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Quinsy | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Typhus and Infantile Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Metria, Childbirth | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Carbuncle | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals of Zymotic Class | 32 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 26 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 9 | 21 | |
2. Tubercular | 24 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16 | |
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | 13 | 3 | 10 | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
4. Of the Heart, &c | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | |
5. Of Respiratory Organs.. | 18 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
6. Of Digestive Organs | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
8. Of Organs of Generation | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | |
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
10. Of Skin | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
12. Of Uncertain Seat | 13 | 7 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
13. Age | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
11. Violence | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
15. Not Specified | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
Totals | 129 | 50 | 79 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 58 | 24 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 74 |
The total deaths registered in the year appears by the
above table to have been 129, of which number 50 were
of males and 79 of females.
The average of the preceding seven years, the usual correction
being made for increase of population, is 115, con-