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
| TOOTING. Population (Census) 1881 4,851 Offical Population in middlie 5,187 CAUSES OF DEATH. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, 1 &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. 1 | 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 & Labouring Classes. | ||||
| I. Zymotic. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Typhuus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| Diptheria | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and Cholera | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | ||
| Totals of Zymotic Class | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | |||
| 11. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Cancer & other Tumours | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |||
| Phthisis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | |||
| Tabes Messenteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Hydrocephalus | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| III. Local. | Nervous | 9 | .. | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | |
| Circulatory | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | |||||
| Respiratory | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 9 | ||||
| Digestive | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | ||
| Urinary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Generative | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Premautre Birth and Low Vitaly | .. | 4 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | ||
| Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| old Age | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | ||||
| V. Violence | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
| VI. Illdefined and Not specified | Illdefined | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| 78 | 50 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 29 | 38 | ||||||