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Wandsworth 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Scarlatina was most prevalent in the third quarter,
and Diarrhoea during the first.

Table: The Table given below is a continuation of the Table on page 75, comparing the causes of death for ten years in the remaining 14 Classes:—

The Table given below is a continuation of the Table on page 75, comparing the causes of death for ten years in the remaining 14 Classes:—

YEARS.18671868186918701871187218731874187518761877
Tubercular2124201822241924262626
of Brain, Nerves,&c.191G171819202639232629
Of the Heart, &c.99699141381368
Of Respiratory organs2021153129262130362329
Of Digestive Organs9811178712117512
Of Urinary Organs22515438711
Of Organs of Generation221...1...2...112
Of Joints, Bones,&c.2...1...11...112
Of Skini...........................1
Premature Birth, Low Vitalitv, Malformation, &c.1391181157716108
Of Uncertain Seat24655526113
Age514873361188
Violence46844656479
Not Specified1......12212.........
Totals10810499125118124116146147121151

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A wonderful uniformity will be seen in the number
of deaths from Tubercular disease. An increase will be
observed in the diseases of the Brain, of the Respiratory,
the Digestive, and the Urinary Organs, and in deaths
from Violence. It is satisfactory to note that the deaths
from Premature Birth, &c., are again diminishing.
Ages of the Deceased.—The increased mortality of
the past year has been almost entirely among the young.
The deaths under 20 are 2 in excess of last year, and
form nearly half of the entire mortality. All the cases of
Epidemic disease, except Fever, occurred amongst children,
and the Tubercular and Respiratory diseases were most
prevalent amongst them, as also, curiously enough, the