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Wandsworth 1885

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

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TABLE II.

Showing the total number of deaths and their causes registered in the entire District, during the eleven years 1875-85, with the relative numbers of each class of disease.

DISEASES, And other causes of Death18751876187718781879188018811882188318841885
Classes: 1 ZymoticSmall Pox326571943371..95
Measles2788648412559134115133182140
Scarlatina134865839134173100119654711
Diphtheria'281571917191851634329
Whooping Cough10712673149148123105163133145178
Typhus and other fevers3947643962443749525841
Diarrhœa & Choleraic Disease13415911418294213149117158239193
Erysipelas241313513101518102817
Metria, Childbirth152620728232919252423
Carbuncle..............3....
Influenza....1................
Quinsy.......1..1..1......
Group26272039401918316038..
Other Zymotic Diseases....................1
Totals of Zymotic Class537613491583665687642687699817638
2. Grout and Rheumatism111413158152525252432
3. Cancer & other Tumors1059710110691110118144114148105
4. Other Constitutional Diseases..................23
5. Tubercular Diseases565555514501513625557521654715664
6. Nervous455316450503474464540539574602594
7. Circulatory176170204212203193245251255269278
8. Respiratory630561519694891657695850829758982
9. Digestive136126155150117155208195234227186
10. Urinary5562634274667089998081
11. Generative1323291925203532303542
12. Locomotory....................11
13. Integumentary456138391039
14 Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Mal- formation, &c.177226212177170266232234241304259
15. Old Age130150126141141136120153185154171
16.Violence6890827583961131049411197
17. Ill Detined and Not Specified3446255668954418401921
Totals30963154299132753526359336473851408342664193