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, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | 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 Labouring Class. | ||||
| Official population in middle of 1886 | 41,945 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| I. Zymotic. | Measles | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
| Diphtheria | 6 | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Whooping Cough | 34 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 28 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Cholera | 25 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 84 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 58 | ||||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||
| Cancer & other Tumours Other Constitutional | 23 | 6 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Diseases | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Phthisis | 42 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 3 | .. | .. | 8 | 11 | 23 | ||||
| Tabes Mesa | 21 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||||
| Hydrocephalus | 14 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| III. Local. | Nervous | 79 | 42 | 37 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 42 | |||
| Circulatory | 9 | 26 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | |||||
| Respiratory | 103 | 52 | 51 | 23 | 22 | 2 | .. | 6 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 57 | ||||
| Digestive | 39 | 16 | 23 | 11 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| Urinary | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| Generative | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Locomotory | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
| Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth & Low Vitality | 28 | 17 | 11 | 28 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 21 | |||
| Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Old Age | 33 | 10 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| V. Violence | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| VI. Illdefined and Not Specified | Illdefined Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 545 | 255 | 290 | 153 | 79 | 13 | 15 | 48 | 84 | 109 | 44 | 34 | 80 | 119 | 312 | ||||