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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| PUTNEY AND ROEHAMPTON. Population (Census) 1881 13.221. Official Population in middle of the year 1885 14,830. | 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. | 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 Labouring Classes. | |||||
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
| I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Measles | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | |||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Diphtheria | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Cholera | 4 | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 18 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
| Cancer & Other Tumours | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 5 | i | 2 | |||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| Phthisis | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 14 | |||
| Tabes Mesa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Hydrocephalus | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| III. LOCAL. | Nervous | 26 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Circulatory | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Respiratory | 29 | 14 | 15 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 20 | |||
| Digestive | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | • • | 2 | 5 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Urinary | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | . . | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Generative | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Integumentary | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | |||
| IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 3 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Congenial Defects | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |||
| Old Age | 7 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| V. Violence | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |||
| VI Ill defined and Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Totals | 167 | 93 | 74 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 43 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 93 | |||