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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STREATHAM. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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Population Census, 1801 | 42,958 | 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 & under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | ||||
Official Population in middle of 1892 | 45,000 | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||||
I. ZYMOTIC. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||||
Diphtheria | 6 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Membranous Croup | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Enteric Fever | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Measles | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||||
Whooping Cough | 18 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | ||||
Influenza | 36 | 12 | 23 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 12 | ||||
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | 15 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | ||||
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 106 | 49 | 57 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 30 | ||||
II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Cancer & other Tumours | 31 | 6 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Tubercular. | Phthisis | 25 | 12 | 13 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | |||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 17 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | ||||
III. Local. | Nervous | 72 | 38 | 34 | 16 | 10 | .. | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | |||
Circulatory | 35 | 21 | 14 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | ||||
Respiratory | 111 | 56 | 55 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 24 | ||||
Digestive | 32 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||
Urinary | 19 | 14 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ||||
Generative | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | ||||
Locomotory | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||
Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
IV. Developmental. | Premature Birth and Vitality | 45 | 22 | 23 | 45 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | |||
Congenital Defects | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Old Age | 40 | 25 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 7 | ||||
V. Violence | Accident | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||
Suicide | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | ||||
VI. Illdefined & Not Specified | Illdefined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Not Specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Totals | 558 | 280 | 278 | 128 | 61 | 18 | 22 | 51 | 82 | 104 | 92 | 47 | 48 | 151 |