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) 5,246 1891 ) Official Population in middle of 1891 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. | 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | |||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Influenza | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 1 | l | 1 | |||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | ||
Cancer & other Tumours | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||
Other Constitutional | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
Phthisis | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | ||
Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Hydrocephanlus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scrofula | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
III. Local. | Nervous | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Circulatory | 14 | 9 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | 9 | 3 | |||
Respiratory | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
Digestive | 4 | 3 | 1 | I | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
Urinary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Generative | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Low Vitality | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Congenital Defects) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Old Age | 9 | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
V. Violence | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
VI. Illdefined and Not Specified | Illdefined | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Totals | 93 | 61 | 42 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 42 |