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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TABLE II. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire' District during 1884, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative numbers in each Sub-District.
POPULATION OF ENTIRE DISTRICT. As corrected by the Registrar General. Census 1881—210,434 Official Population for middle of year, 1884, 238,997. Area in Statute Acres, 11,740 Density 20 persous to an acre. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease in the entire District. | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Spcoal Position. | ||||||||||||||||
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Battersea—Popu1ation, 125,091. Area in acres, 2 343. | Capham—PopuLation,39,632. Area in acres, 1,233. | Putney—Population, 14.450. Area in acres. 2,176. | Streatham.Tooting and Balham—Population, 29, 149. Area in acres. 3,465. | Wandsworth—Population, 30.*/5. Area in acres, 2,478. | Males. | Females. | Uuder 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 years 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks,&c | Industrial and Laboring Class. | |||
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classes:— | |||||||||||||||||||||
1. Zymotic. | Small Pox | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Measles | 182 | 134 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 106 | 76 | 37 | 136 | 5 | 182 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 35 | 146 | |
Scarlatina | 47 | 31 | 3 | ... | 8 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 45 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 8 | 35 | |
Diphtheria | 43 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 43 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 13 | 22 | |
Whooping Cough | 155 | 106 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 71 | 84 | 83 | 71 | l | 155 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 30 | 119 | |
Typhus and other Fevers . | 58 | 46 | 4 | ... | 4 | 4 | 28 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 5 | . 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 15 | 41 | ||
Diarrhœa & Choleraic Diseases | 239 | 175 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 126 | 113 | 191 | 35 | ... | 226 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 197 | |
Erysipelas | 28 | 15 | 5 | ... | 2 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 1 | ... | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 24 | |
Metria, Childbirth | 14 | 2 | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | 24 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 19 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 17 | ||
Croup | 38 | 24 | 5 | ... | 2 | 7 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 38 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | 28 | |
Other Zymotic Diseases | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
Totals of Zymotic Clas | 827 | 568 | 95 | 28 | 53 | 83 | 420 | 407 | 338 | 334 | 36 | 738 | 50 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 151 | 639 | |
2. Tubercular | 715 | 479 | 69 | 24 | 58 | 85 | 391 | 324 | 220 | 95 | 17 | 374 | 195 | 132 | 14 | .. | 3 | 22 | 139 | 551 | |
3. Of Brain and Nerves | 602 | 298 | 70 | 39 | 67 | 128 | 296 | 306 | 164 | 93 | 15 | 288 | 54 | 112 | 126 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 138 | 413 | |
4. Of the Heart | 269 | 148 | 11 | 35 | 122 | 147 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 39 | 38 | 84 | 99 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 73 | 161 | |||
5. Of Inspiratory Organs | 758 | 489 | 97 | 3 | 71 | 70 | 387 | 371 | 225 | 170 | 10 | 416 | 59 | 101 | 158 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 156 | 561 | |
6. Of Digestive Organ | 227 | 85 | 38 | 12 | 45 | 47 | 109 | 118 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 65 | 24 | 63 | 69 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 65 | 123 | |
7. Of Urinary Organs | 80 | 34 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 48 | 32 | ... | 1 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 33 | ||
8. Of Organs of Geeration | 35 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 22 | |
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c | 24 | 16 | 4 | 2 | ... | 2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 20 | ||
10. Of Skin | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
11. Premaature Birth, Low Vitality, Maiformation, &c. | 304 | 149 | 47 | 13 | 55 | 40 | 176 | 128 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 12 | 59 | 231 | |||
12. Cancer, Dropsy, and others of Uncertai Seat | 148 | 91 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 60 | 88 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 41 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 106 | |
13. Age | 154 | 64 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 63 | 94 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 72 | 80 | 18 | 8 | 39 | 89 | ||
14. Violence | 111 | 57 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 72 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 51 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 92 | |
15. Not specified | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Totals | 4266 | 2503 | 543 | 199 | 445 | 576 | 2158 | |2108 | 1367 | 736 | 95 | 2341 | 484 | 623 | 661 | 157 | 136 | 185 | 897 | 3048 |