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, Metropolitan Borough]
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| PUTNEY | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. &c., in the Sub.District. | Sex | Age | Social Position | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (Census),Ktl896 Estimated Popu- ;ation in| 22,800. | 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, Ac. | Middle andTrading Class Shopmen, Clerks, Ac. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||
| Population (Census),Ktl896 Estimated Popu- ;ation in| 22,800. | 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, Ac. | Middle andTrading Class Shopmen, Clerks, Ac. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | ||||||||||||||||
| I. Zymotic. | /Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria | 2, | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Enteric I<ever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Continued £ ever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Measles | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Influenza | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea & Dysentery | Ifi | in | 6 | is | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Hydrophobia | ||||||||||||||||
| I Other Zymotic Diseases | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals of Zymotic Class | 39 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | 33 | |
| II. Constitutional. | Gout and Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cancer & other Tumours. | 14 | 3 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| Other Constitutional Diseases | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
| Phthisis.. | 17 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Other Tuberculai | ' . | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||
| Diseases | 10 | 5 | 6 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| III. Local. | Nervous | 26 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
| Circulatory | 27 | lfi | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |
| Respiratory | 39 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .. | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | ||
| Digestive | 37 | 16 | 21 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 5 | .. | 1 | 3 | 7 | 26 | |
| Urinary | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Generative | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Locomotory | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Integumentary | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| IV. Developmental. | Premature Biith and Low Vitality | 18 | 13 | 5 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 14 |
| Congenital Defects | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Old Age | 10 | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| V. Violence | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | |
| VI.Illdefined& . III defined | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Not specified Not specified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Totals | 264 | 134 | 130 | 77 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 50 | 37 | 27 | 20 | 28 | 52 | 164 | |