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. | Total deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 21,6071881 | Males. | Females | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to in 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 Classes. | |||
Official Population in 40,000 middle of 1889 | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Erysipelas | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Diarrhoea, Dy. entry, and Cholera. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Other Zymotic Diseases. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Totals of Zymotic Class | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||||||||||||
II | Gout and Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
Cancer & other Tumours | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | .. | 7 | ||||||||||
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Phthisis | .. | .. | 11 | .. | |||||||||||||
Tabes Mesa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
Hydrocephalus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. < | |||||||||
Nervous | 77 | ||||||||||||||||
Circulatory | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||||||
Respiratory | .. | .. | |||||||||||||||
Digestive | .. | .. | |||||||||||||||
Urinary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Integumenrtary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Premature Birth and Low Vitality | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
Congenital Defects Old Age | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | ||||||||
7 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
Illdefined. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||