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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| PUTNEY. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. | Sex. | Age. | Soc1al 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. | At 40 and under 60 years. | At 60 and under 80 years. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | ||||
| Population (Census) 1881 | 13,221 | ||||||||||||||||
| Official Population in middle of 1889 | 16,330 | ||||||||||||||||
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enter1c Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| D1phther1a | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Whoop1ng Cough | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | ||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
| Diarrhœa, Dysentery & Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 12 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | |||
| II. Constitutional. | Gout & Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cancer & other Tumours | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | ||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| Tubercular | Phthisis | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
| Tabes Messenterica | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Hydrocephalus | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | ||
| Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| III. Local. | Nervous | 32 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | .. | 4 | 16 | 12 | |
| Circulatory | 17 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Respiratory | 30 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | .. | 5 | 1 | 24 | |||
| Digestive | 19 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Urinary | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | ||
| Generative | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 12 | 9 | 3 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | |
| Congenital Defects | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
| , Old Age | 8 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | ., | 4 | 4 | ||
| V. | Violence | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | |
| VI. Illdefined and Not Specified | Illdefined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Not Specified | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Totals | 182 | 85 | 97 | 48 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 43 | 115 | ||