SOLVED
.table-wrapper {
overflow-x:scroll;
overflow-y:visible;
width:250px;
margin-left: 120px;
}
td, th {
padding: 5px 20px;
width: 100px;
}
th:first-child {
position: fixed;
left: 5px
}
UPDATE
$(function () {
$('.table-wrapper tr').each(function () {
var tr = $(this),
h = 0;
tr.children().each(function () {
var td = $(this),
tdh = td.height();
if (tdh > h) h = tdh;
});
tr.css({height: h + 'px'});
});
});body {
position: relative;
}
.table-wrapper {
overflow-x:scroll;
overflow-y:visible;
width:200px;
margin-left: 120px;
}
td, th {
padding: 5px 20px;
width: 100px;
}
tbody tr {
}
th:first-child {
position: absolute;
left: 5px
}<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.2.3.min.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<h1>SOME RANDOM TEXT</h1>
</div>
<div class="table-wrapper">
<table id="consumption-data" class="data">
<thead class="header">
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Item 1</th>
<th>Item 2</th>
<th>Item 3</th>
<th>Item 4</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody class="results">
<tr>
<th>Jan is an awesome month</th>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Feb</th>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Mar</th>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Apr</th>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>May</th>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Jun</th>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
<td>3163</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>...</th>
<td>...</td>
<td>...</td>
<td>...</td>
<td>...</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div>
</div>
</body>
</html>