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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Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1885, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative numbers in each Sub-district.
POPULATION of entire District, (Census) 1881, 210,434. Official Population in middle of 1885, 248,410. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease in the entire District. | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||||||
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East Battersea—Population, 66,654. Area in acres, 947, | West Battersea—Population, 64,317. Area in acres, 1,396. | Clapham—Population, 40,832. Area in acres. 1,233. | Putney—Population, 14,830. Area in acres. 2,176. | S treat bam, Tooting and Balham—Population. 30,280. Area in acres, 3,465. | Wandsworth—Population, 31,567. Area in acres, 2,478. | Males. | Females. | Under 1year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks,&c | Industrial and Laboring Class. | ||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1. Zymotic. | ("Small Pox | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | |
Measles | 140 | 49 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 72 | 68 | 18 | 108 | 13 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | 129 | |||
Scarlet Fever | 11 | 3 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 5 | ... | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 8 | |||
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||
Enteric Fever | 41 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 11 | ... | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | 10 | 25 | ||
Puerperal Fever | 23 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | ... | 23 | ... | ... | 2 | 21 | ... | ... | 4 | 19 | ||||||||
Diphtheria | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 6 | 19 | ||
Whooping Cough | 178 | 47 | 74 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 85 | 93 | 82 | 91 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 23 | 151 | ||||
Erysipelas | 17 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | 3 | 14 | |||||
Diarrhoea, Dysentery, & Cholera | 193 | 63 | 63 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 106 | 87 | 161 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ... | 1 | 31 | 156 | ||||
Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 637 | 193 | 234 | 62 | 18 | 34 | 97 | 313 | 324 | 271 | 251 | 25 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 93 | 533 | |||
II. Constitutional. | "Gout, and Rheumatism | 32 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 10 | 7 | 11 | ... | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |
Cancer and other Tumours | 105 | 18 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 31 | 74 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 9 | 49 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 69 | ||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 23 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 18 | |||
Phthisis | 406 | 91 | 138 | 48 | 19 | 43 | 67 | 196 | 210 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 50 | 174 | 124 | 12 | ... | 22 | 78 | 294 | |||
Tabes Mesa | 159 | 62 | 71 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 90 | 69 | 131 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 22 | 133 | |||
Hydrocephalus | 69 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 39 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 10 | 52 | ||||
Scrofula | 30 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 22 | |||||
III. Local. | Nervous | 594 | 104 | 178 | 80 | 26 | 61 | 145 | 310 | 284 | 154 | 72 | 16 | 16 | 50 | 120 | 146 | 20 | 17 | 29 | 145 | 403 | |
Circulatory | 278 | 51 | 108 | 40 | 17 | 36 | 130 | 148 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 39 | 121 | 11 | 25 | 17 | 67 | 169 | ||||
Respiratory | 982 | 303 | 327 | 120 | 29 | 102 | 101 | 504 | 478 | 293 | 226 | 16 | 8 | 62 | 152 | 199 | 26 | 17 | 32 | 155 | 778 | ||
Digestive | 186 | 36 | 52 | 30 | 13 | 33 | 22 | 82 | 101 | 31 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 60 | 59 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 58 | 97 | |||
Urinary | 81 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 46 | ||||
Generative | 42 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 29 | ||
Locomotory | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 8 | |||
Integumentary | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 9 | |||||||||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects | 259 | 82 | 55 | 36 | 9 | 40 | 37 | 148 | 111 | 257 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 48 | 199 | ||
171 | 22 | 54 | 31 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 63 | 108 | ... | 2 | 85 | 84 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 114 | |||||||
V. Violence | 97 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 64 | 33 | 39 | 8 | ... | 3 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 80 | |||
20 | 4 | 15 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 7 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 17 | ||||
Illdefined not sp'fd. | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ||||||||||||
Totals | 4192 | 1071 | 1395 | 50 | 167 | 423 | 628 | 2069 | 2123 | 1268 | 659 | 94 | 131 | 467 | 683 | 740 | 150 | 116 | 196 | 802 | 3078 |