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Wandsworth 1883

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

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Some sub-classes, which appeared to me unnecessary, have been omitted and others which I deemed useful in classifying the causes of death, adopted.

PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Population (Census) 1881 13,235. Official Population in middle of the year 1883 14,068. Area in Statute Acres.2,176Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.At 10 and under 20 years of age.At 20, and under 40 years of age.At 40, and under 00 years of age.At 60, and under 80 years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopman, Clerks, &c.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death
Classes:-Small Pox..............................
Measles22..11................11
Scarlatina725..331........19..4
Diphtheria241113..10122..........4614
Typhoid & Typhus Fever211..1........1......11
Remittent and other Fevers..............................
I. ZymoticPuerperal Diseases..............................
Croup..............................
Whooping Cough21111..................2
Erysipelas..............................
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, & Cholera55..211....1..........5
Other Zymo tic diseases21111..................2
Totals of Zymotic Class.442321518163..11..16829
II. Constitutionalr G.out, and Rheumatism514......111111211
Cancer & other Tumours8..8..........6111133
Tubercular2814144331116......1225
Nervous44251911411..109129726
Circulatory1477....11....1021463
Respiratory301515553..257315420
Digestive16791......2..812455
III. LocalUrinary642......41212..222
Generative4..4........3..1....22..
Locomotory..............................
Integumentary..............................
IV.DevelopmentalPremature Birth, Atrophy, &c.1710717................386
Old Age1046............552215
V.Violence15123......14721....411
Totals2411221194330241231384617114153136