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.
Population
(Census) 1881 25,553
Official population 31,400
in middle of 1886
Total deaths fiom 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 GO 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.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.
Small Pox
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Measles
..
3
8
2
9
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
1
8
Scarlet Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Typhus Frver
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Enteric Fever
3
..
3
..
..
..
2
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
Puerperal Fever
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Diphtheria
6
5
1
2
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
1
2
Whooping. Cough
26
12
14
12
13
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
12
11
Erysipelas
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
1
..
Diarrhoea, Dysentery,
and Cholera
20
11
9
17
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
8
9
'Other Zymotic Diseases
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Totals of Zymotic Class
67
35
32
33
26
4
2
1
..
1
..
1
10
24
32
II.
Constitutional.
Gout and Rheumatism..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Cancer & other Tumours
17
5
12
..
..
..
..
..
6
11
..
2
4
6
5
Other Constitutional
Diseases
1
1
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Tubercular
Phthisis
26
13
13
1
1
1
2
9
12
..
..
1
5
14
6
Tabes Mesa
4
2
2
3
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
3
..
Hydrocephalus
8
4
4
4
2
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
2
5
Scrofula
2
••
2
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
2
..
III. Local.
Nervous
79
37
42
28
9
1
..
5
6
24
6
9
12
35
23
Circulatory
40
21
19
..
..
..
3
5
14
17
1
1
7
17
15
Respiratory
96
55
41
17
17
2
2
8
10
30
10
7
14
25
59
Digestive
40
19
21
12
..
2
..
4
9
10
3
5
6
12
17
Urinary
16
11
5
..
..
1
..
2
6
7
..
5
1
5
5
Generative
4
..
4
..
..
..
..
4
..
..
..
..
1
2
1
Locomotory
2
1
1
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Integumentary
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
IV.
Developmental.
Premature Birth & Low
Vitality
40
26
14
40
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
9
27
Congenital Defects
3
1
2
1
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
1
Old Age
21
9
12
..
..
..
..
..
..
10
11
4
6
4
7
V. Violence
6
5
1
4
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
5
VI. Illdefined and
Not Specified
Illdefined
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
Not Specified
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Totals
473
246
227
144
58
15
10
40
65
110
31
35
73
163
202