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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TOOTING. Population (Census) 1881 4,851 Population in middle of 1890 5,700 CAUSES OF DEATH. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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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. _ i | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | 8 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |||
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Cholera | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | |||
Other Zymotic Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Cancer & other Tumours | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||||||||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .. | i | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Phthisis | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||||||
Tabes Messenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Hydrocephalus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Nervous | 12 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 9 | |||||
Circulatory | 7 | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | |||||||
Respiratory | 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | ||||||||
Digestive | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Urinary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Generative | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 5 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||
Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Old Age | 9 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 3 | 2 | |||||
V. Violence | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |||||
VI. Illdefined and Not Specified | Illdefined | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
98 | 47 | 51 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 15 | 29 | 52 |