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.
| STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM. | 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 10 years. | Under 29 years, including all tinder 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 ape. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c | Industrial and Labouring Class. | |||
| Population (Census) 1881 25,553 | ||||||||||||||||
| Official population in middle of 1884 29,149 | ||||||||||||||||
| Area in Acres 3,466 | ||||||||||||||||
| DISEASES, And other causes of Death. | ||||||||||||||||
| Classes:— | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Zymotic | Small-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Scarlatina | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | |
| Croup | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | |
| Typhus and other Fevers | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Metria Childbirth | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
| Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa & Choleraic Disease | 11 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .. | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 53 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 41 | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 16 | 27 | |
| 2. Tubercular | 58 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 20 | 30 | |
| 3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | 67 | 36 | 31 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 32 | |
| 4. Of the Heart, &c. | 35 | 22 | 13 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 11 | |
| 5. Of Respiratory Organs | 71 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 30 | |
| 6. Of Digestive Organs | 45 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 16 | |
| 7. Of Urinary Organs | 13 | 7 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 8. Of Organs of Generation | 9 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 3 | |
| 9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 10. Of Skin | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| 11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 55 | 29 | 26 | 55 | .. | .. | 55 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 12 | 35 | |
| 12. Of Uncertain Seat | 9 | 2 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 13. Age | 19 | 7 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 | |
| 14. Violence | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 16. Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Totals | 445 | 218 | 227 | 122 | 31 | 13 | 207 | 49 | 69 | 97 | 23 | 44 | 59 | 142 | 200 | |