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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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY. (52 WEEKS.)
CLAPHAM. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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Population in 1881, 30,378 | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 years. | All under 20 years. | At 20 and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 yeurs of age. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, Ac. | Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, Ac. | Industrial and Laboring Classes. | ||
Official Population in middle of year 1880 85,538 | |||||||||||||||||
Area in Acres, 1,233. | |||||||||||||||||
DISEASES And other Causes of Death. | |||||||||||||||||
Classes:— | |||||||||||||||||
1. Zymotic | Smallpox | 2 | . . . | 2 | 1 | 1 | . . . | . . . | 2 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | 1 |
Measles | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | . . . | 19 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | 8 | 10 | |
Scarlatina | 21 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | |
Diphtheria | 3 | 1 | 2 | . . . | 3 | . . . | . . . | 3 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | 2 | |
Croup | 3 | 1 | 2 | . . . | 3 | . . . | . . . | 3 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | 25 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 2 | . . . | 25 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | 6 | 18 | |
Typhus, &c. | 4 | 2 | 2 | . . . | . . . | 2 | . . . | 2 | 1 | . . . | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | 3 | |
Erysipelas | 1 | . . . | 1 | l | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | |
Metria, Childbirth | 3 | . . . | 3 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 3 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 3 | |
Carbuncle | . . . | . .. | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | |
Influenza | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . .. . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . .. . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | |
Diarrhœa | 36 | 21 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 1 | . . . | 29 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . . . | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | |
Cholera | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 2 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 2 | |
Totals of Zymotic Class | 119 | 56 | 63 | 40 | 49 | 14 | 1 | 104 | 9 | 1 | 5 | . . . | 4 | 8 | 32 | 75 | |
2 Tubercular | 65 | 30 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 5 | . . . | 3 | 10 | 20 | 32 | |
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c. | 41 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | q | 2 | q | 21 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | |
4. Of the Heart, &c. | 40 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | |||
5. Of Respiratory Organs | 84 | 41 | 43 | 13 | 14 | . . . | 2 | 29 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 42 | ||
6. Of Digestive Organs | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . . . | . . . | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | . . . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
7. Of Urinary Organs | 11 | 8 | 3 | . . . | 2 | . . . | . . . | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
8. Of Organs of Generation | 1 | 0 | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | |
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c. | 5 | 4 | 1 | . . . | 1 | . . . | . . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . . . | 1 | . . . | 3 | 1 | |
10. Of Skin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | 1 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | 1 | |
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c. | 47 | 21 | 42 | 5 | . . . | . . . | 47 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 1 | 7 | 13 | 26 | ||
12. Of Uncertain Seat | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | |
13. Age | 22 | 5 | 17 | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | 8 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |
14. Violence | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | . . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
15. Not Specified | 83 | 40 | 43 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 32 | |
Totals | 544 | 263 | 281 | 140 | 90 | 23 | 17 | 268 | 55 | 89 | 106 | 26 | 41 | 80 | 157 | 266 |