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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Table II. gives particulars as to the number, causes, ages, and social
position of those who have died.
STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
CLAP HAM. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age | Social Position. | |||||||||||||||
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Population (caucus) 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 Classes, Merchants &c. | Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen Clerks. Arc. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||||
Official Population in Middle of 1889 | 45,990 | ||||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Measles | 11 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | |||||
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Enteric Fever | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |||||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Diphtheria | 11 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 11 | |||||
Whooping Cough | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Cholera | 11 | 3 | 8 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Other Zymotic Diseases | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 66 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 34 | 6 | 6 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 13 | 48 | ||||
II Constitutional. . | 'Gout and Rheumatism | 6 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
Other Constitutional | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Diseases. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Tubercular | Phthisis | 46 | 29 | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 21 | 12 | 2 | .. | .. | 8 | 16 | 22 | |||
Tabes mesa | 9 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | ||||
Hydrocephalus | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | ||||
Serfula | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
III. Local | Nervous | 74 | 28 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 11 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 33 | |||
Circulatory | 56 | 19 | 37 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 18 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 22 | ||||
Respiratory | 105 | 45 | 60 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 67 | ||||
Digestive | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||
Urinary | 15 | 11 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||||
Generative | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Locomotory | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
IV . Development. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 50 | 28 | 22 | 50 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | ||||
Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Old Age | 37 | 8 | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | ||||
V. Violence | 13 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
VI. Ill defined and Not Specified. | Ill defined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Totals | 534 | 246 | 288 | 129 | 71 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 83 | 142 | 36 | 25 | 60 | 143 | 30 |