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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WANDSWORTH. Population 46,720 (Census), 1891 Official Population 49,032 in middle of 1892 | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. Ac., 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 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 and under 45 years. | From 45 and under 65 years. | From 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class. Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen. Clerks,&c | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. | |||||||||||||||||||
I. Zymotic. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Srarlet Fever | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
Diphtheria | 20 | 9 | 11 | .. | 18 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | ||||
Membranous Croup | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | ||||
ryphus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||||
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | |||||
Erysipelas | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 | ||||
Measles | 30 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 21 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 24 | ||||
Whooping Cough | 28 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 24 | ||||
Influenza | 44 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 30 | ||||
Diarrhœa & Dysentery Hydrophobia | 41 | 26 | 16 | 35 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 31 | ||||
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Totals of Zymotic Class | 187 | 95 | 92 | 67 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 144 | ||||
II Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | 6 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | |||
Cancer & other Tumours | 29 | 11 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | ||||
Other Constitutional Diseases | 19 | 6 | 13 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||
Phthisis | 68 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 13 | .. | 2 | 3 | 16 | 37 | |||||
Other Tubercular Diseases | 29 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 18 | ||||
III. Local. | /Nervous | 123 | 64 | 69 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 36 | 70 | ||||
Circulatory | 67 | 28 | 29 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 29 | ||||
Respiratory | 144 | 71 | 73 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 93 | ||||
Digestive | 34 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | .. | 4 | 11 | 19 | ||||
Urinary | 36 | 15 | 21 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 18 | ||||
Generative | 9 | 1 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | ||||
Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Integumentary | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
IV. Developmental. | Pre mature Birth andLow Vitality | 66 | 28 | 27 | 55 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 39 | |||
Congenital Defects | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | ||||
Old Age | 26 | 14 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | ||||
V. Violence | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||||
VI. Illdefined & Not Specified | Illdefined | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
NotSpecified | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Totals | 838 | 405 | 433 | 224 | 121 | 25 | 24 | 121 | 148 | 93 | 82 | 38 | 46 | 218 | 536 |