[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 9

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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Table: Causes of Death.— The mortality statistics, as of old, are given in the first Table of the Appendix; but such a Table, as regards the causes of death at least, is comparatively valueless without the means of comparing its figures with those of past years. With this object the following comparative Table was introduced for the first time last year, and is again presented.

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Causes of Death.— The mortality statistics, as of old, are given in the first Table of the Appendix; but such a Table, as regards the causes of death at least, is comparatively valueless without the means of comparing its figures with those of past years. With this object the following comparative Table was introduced for the first time last year, and is again presented.

DISEASES. And other causes of Death		1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877
Classes:—
l. Zymotic	Small Pox	24	2	21	15	377	26	9	5	3	26	57
	Measles	18	35	52	46	52	86	55	66	27	88	64
	Scarlatina	32	66	133	352	126	26	2	94	134	86	58
	Diphtheria	8	27	14	12	6	26	11	12	28	15	7
	Quinsy	1	1	...	4	1	2	1	2	...	...	...
	Croup	26	20	22	25	13	18	21	40	26	27	20
	Whooping Cough	41	77	96	51	52	108	74	89	107	126	73
	Typhus and other Fevers	44	66	61	68	54	52	65	48	39	47	64
	Erysipelas	4	12	8	13	22	13	12	20	24	13	13
	Metria, Childbirth	10	21	23	16	13	15	28	34	15	26	20
	Carbuncle	...	...	2	...	2	1	...	1	...	...	...
	Influenza	...	1	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	Diarrhœa & Choleraic Disease	74	133	139	148	140	140	126	117	134	159	114
Totals of Zymotic Class		282	461	571	751	858	513	411	528	537	613	419
2. Tubercular		338	382	326	374	423	419	426	469	565	555	514
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.		306	339	353	365	371	341	370	426	455	416	450
4. Of the Heart, &c.		101	124	119	132	152	127	139	146	176	170	204
5. Of Respiratory Organs		316	285	396	411	431	400	543	541	630	561	519
6. Digestive Organs		76	89	93	104	118	87	96	111	136	126	155
7. Urinary Organs		29	25	40	39	20	27	34	26	55	62	63
8. Of Organs of Generation		24	17	13	8	16	9	17	21	13	23	29
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.		8	10	6	4	5	7	10	14	11	14	13
10. Of Skin		11	7	6	3	2	3	4	9	4	5	6
11 Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.		149	154	176	191	145	143	143	168	177	226	212
12. Uncertain Seat		64	64	62	154	69	118	126	77	105	97	101
13. Age		125	107	114	133	125	105	144	106	130	150	126
14. Violence		56	52	64	50	56	87	70	75	68	90	82
15. Not Specified		52	52	54	40	76	35	47	79	34	46	26
Totals		1937	2168	2393	2659	2867	2421	2580	2796	3096	3154	2991

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With both Tables before us, therefore, we will look
first at Class 1.
Zymotic Diseases.— The retrospect which the above

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