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Wandsworth 1896

Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896

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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

Table: TABLE VI.

TABLE VI.

POPULATION Census ...... 1891 156,931 Estimated Population in middle of 1896, 189,675Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Positiion.
Clapham—Population, 47,122 Area in acres, 1,233Putney—Population, 20,566 Area in acres, 2,176Streatham—Population, 55,907 Area in acres, 2.904Tooting—Population, 7,382 Area in acres, 561Wandsworth —Population, 58,698 Area in acres, 2,433Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 76 years.75 years 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............................................................
Scarlet Fever94...2...318243.....................27
Diphtheria25926...812131139...2............3616
MembranousCroup1............1...1...1...........................1
Typhus Fever............................................................
Enteric Fever14343...4113......157l......1355
Continued Fever............................................................
Relapsing Fever............................................................
Puerperal Fever3l...1...l...3.........l2...............12
Cholera1.........1......1............1...............1
Erysipelas63.........3242......1...2l.........24
Measles1453521265586778311068...............212131
Whooping Cough152411735653688461865..................322127
Influenza36124122613234...138695...2727
Diarrhoea and Dysentery108326215445652949......12...2...31788
Hydrophobia............................................................
Other Zymotic Diseases............................................................
Totals of Zymotic Class50014054106191812302701952192710211110711675408
II. Constitutional.Gout and Rheu-matism265...10...111313...2211037112716
Cancer and other Tumours15442125071848106...2311869441713124386
Other Constitu-tional Diseases26741113121473...2455......21212
Tuber-cular.Phthisis Other Tuber-168541630105898702353980324341045109
cular Diseases77247132313311292613432......2...2451
III. Local.Nervous23257286038413010249128746572429131862139
Circulatory271722569168913413746101434946445162487144
Respiratory369894210313122192177111647818534761171679257
Digestive159243124872679872134417281563944103
Urinary6816623221392811214261113842432
Generative22716...8...22.........2191......13315
Locomotory31...2......12l1......1...............12
Integumentary1............1...11..............................1
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality1835095636599841821..................1437141
Congenital Defects6............6426..............................15
Old Age125148474525471...............329967112879
V.Violence66148171294821175...7161672......1153
VIIll-defined1...1............11..............................1
Not Specified............................................................
Totals2460616252617898861202125867835780101301399267277871315831659