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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Summar y of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1888, 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, Including Battersea 103,172. Excluding Battersea. Official Population in middle of 1888, 139,078, Area in Statute Acres, 9,352. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease in the entire District. | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||||
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Clapham—Population, 43,045. Area in acres, 1,233. | Putney—Population, 15,590. Area in acres. 2,176. | Streatham, Tooting and Balham—Population, 38,225. Area in acres, 3,465. | Wandsworth—Population, 33,141. Area in acres, 2,478. | 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, Hankers, &c | Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks,&c. | Industrial and Laboring Class. | ||||
CAUSES OF DEATH | |||||||||||||||||||||
1. Zymotic. | Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | 53 | 14 | ... | ... | 39 | 22 | 31 | 15 | 37 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 8 | 43 | ||
Scarlatina | 14 | 5 | ... | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
Diphtheria | 53 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 14 | 32 | ||
Whooping Cough | 96 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 40 | 46 | 50 | 45 | 49 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 6 | 15 | 73 | ||
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Enteric Fever | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 8 | ||
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, & Cholera | 64 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 52 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | 15 | 45 | ||
Erysipelas | 5 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ||
Puerperal Fever | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | ||
Other Zymotic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 304 | 84 | 16 | 77 | 127 | 136 | 168 | 123 | 127 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | ... | 3 | 27 | 57 | 217 | ||
II. Constitutional. | Gout, and Rheumatism | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
Cancer and other Tumours | 70 | 18 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 59 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 27 | 38 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 29 | ||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 12 | 6 | 1 | ... | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | 6 | ||
Phthisis | 162 | 38 | 20 | 28 | 76 | 75 | 87 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 80 | 43 | 11 | ... | 4 | 10 | 36 | 112 | ||
Tabes Mesa | 45 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 31 | 10 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 37 | ||
Hydrocephalus | 37 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 7 | 25 | ||
Scrofula | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ... | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
III. Local. | Nervous | 298 | 70 | 27 | 89 | 112 | 159 | 139 | 76 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 54 | 89 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 69 | 164 | |
Circulatory | 160 | 49 | 24 | 42 | 45 | 75 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 41 | 78 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 45 | 73 | ||
Respiratory | 357 | 103 | 35 | 91 | 128 | 186 | 171 | 77 | 92 | 4 | ... | 30 | 45 | 99 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 87 | 231 | ||
Digestive | 119 | 41 | 14 | 30 | 34 | 52 | 67 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 35 | 59 | ||
Urinary | 50 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 33 | 17 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 29 | ||
Generative | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
Locomotory | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Integumentary | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ||
IV. Developmental | Premature Birth, Low Vitality | 146 | 48 | 8 | 50 | 40 | 89 | 57 | 146 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 37 | 102 | |
Congenital Defects | 10 | 3 | 7 | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 9 | ||
Old Age | 96 | 34 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 38 | 58 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 42 | 54 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 46 | ||
V. Violence | 48 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 6 | ... | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | ... | 4 | 9 | 35 | ||
VI. Illdefined & not specified | 8 | ... | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | ||
Totals | 1964 | 553 | 187 | 514 | 710 | 971 | 993 | 540 | 304 | 48 | 43 | 220 | 289 | 433 | 87 | 83 | 213 | 458 | 1210 |