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 bub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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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 1888 | 44,145 | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | |||
Scarlet Fever | 6 | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Enteric Fever | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | |||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Diphtheria | 16 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 13 | |||
Whooping Cough | 28 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | |||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Cholera | 15 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | |||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 84 | 36 | 48 | 37 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 9 | 65 | |||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Cancer & other Tumours | 18 | 4 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 10 | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | |||
Phthisis | 38 | 19 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 20 | 15 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 10 | 23 | |||
Tabes Messenterica | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | |||
Hydrocephalus | 15 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 11 | |||
Scrofula | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
III. Local. | Nervous | 70 | 35 | 35 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 35 | ||
Circulatory | 49 | 19 | 30 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 24 | |||
Respiratory | 103 | 42 | 61 | 24 | 21 | 1 | .. | 4 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 67 | |||
Digestive | 41 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | .. | 5 | 22 | |||||
Urinary | 9 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
Generative | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Integumentary | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 46 | 25 | 21 | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 33 | ||
Congenital Defects | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||
Old Age | 34 | 13 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | |||
V. Violence | 13 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||
Illdefined and Not Specified | Illdefined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals | 551 | 249 | 302 | 167 | 68 | 13 | 19 | 49 | 88 | 119 | 32 | 31 | 70 | 106 | 344 |