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.
CLAPHAM. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &o., in the sub.disstict. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 1881 36,380 | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 years. | All under 20 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 and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Laboring Classes. | ||
Official Population in middle of 1884 39,632 | |||||||||||||||||
Area in Acres, 1233. | |||||||||||||||||
DISEASES. and other causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||||
Classes:— | |||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic | Small Pox | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Measles | 33 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 24 | .. | .. | 33 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 17 | |
Scarlet fever | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | |
Diphtheria | 8 | 2 | 6 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
Croup | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | 15 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 5 | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||
Typhoid & other Fevers | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Erysipelas | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | |
Metria, | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Childbirth Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa | 18 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 3 | .. | .. | 17 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 12 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals of Zymotic Class | 95 | 48 | 47 | 39 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 40 | 48 | |
2. Tubercular | 69 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 18 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 35 | 31 | |
3. Of Brain, Nerves,&c. | 70 | 30 | 40 | 27 | 5 | .. | 3 | 35 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 33 | |
4. Of the Heart | 53 | 25 | 28 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 18 | |
5. Of Respiratory Organs | 07 | 44 | 53 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 57 | |
6. Of Digestive Organs | 38 | 12 | 26 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 11 | |
7. Of Urinary Organs | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
8. Of Organs of Generation | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
6. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
7. Of Skin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
8. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 47 | 31 | 16 | 47 | .. | .. | .. | 47 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 19 | 26 | |
9. Of Uncertain Seat | 25 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | |
10. Age | 22 | 9 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
11. Violence | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 1 | .. | . . | .. | .. | 4 | .. | |
12. Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Totals | 543 | 263 | 280 | 180 | 78 | 11 | 19 | 288 | 41 | 86 | 101 | 27 | 33 | 35 | 221 | 254 |