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. &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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Population (Census), 1891, | 17,771. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 & under 45 years. | From 45 & under 65 years. | From 65 & upwards. | 75 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
Official Populalation in middle of 1892, | 18,226. | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Puerperal Fevr | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Meales | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Whooping Cough | 17 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 12 | |||
Influenza | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | |||
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Other Zymotic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 36 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 11 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | 22 | |||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Cancer & other Tumours | 9 | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
Other Constitutional Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Tubercular. | Phthisis | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
III. Local. | Nervous | 37 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .. | 4 | 7 | 11 | .. | .. | 7 | 11 | 19 | ||
Circulatory | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 8 | |||
Respiratory | 55 | 23 | 32 | 8 | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 27 | .. | .. | 8 | 13 | 34 | |||
Digestive | 20 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 11 | |||
Urinary | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
Generative | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and | 18 | 8 | 10 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||
Low Vitality | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Congenial Defects | ||||||||||||||||||
Old Age | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
V. Violence | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | |||
VI. Illdefined & Not Specified | Illdefined | 9 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | ||
Not Specified | ||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 247 | 117 | 130 | 73 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 35 | 65 | .. | .. | 33 | 74 | 140 |