[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 49

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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Pneumonia, 93; Other Lung Diseases, 32; from
Circulatory Disease, 108; Brain and Nerves, 178;
Digestive Organs, 52; Premature Birth, Low Vitality,
55; Old Age, 54; Cancer, 31; Violence, 29 ; &c.
Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, Cancer, Premature
Birth, Old Age, shows an increase as compared with
last, whilst those of the Digestive Organs and Brain
and Nerves a slight decrease.
From the Tubercular Class, 239 were returned, viz:—
Phthisis, 138; Tabes Mesenteries, 71; Scrofula, 21;
and Hydrocephalus, 9. Of those from Phthisis, 27
were under 20; and 111 from 20 to 60 years of age.
The deaths from Old Age were 54 against 45 of last
year, the eldest being—females, 90, 90, and 93 respectively;
the opposite extreme we find the duration
of life to have been in 58 instances, a few days, 19 a few
hours, and in 3 a few minutes.
Of the 1,161 deaths, 561 were those of males and
600 of females.

Table: The following table contrasts all deaths from non-zymotic causes during the past 10 years.

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The following table contrasts all deaths from non-zymotic causes during the past 10 years.

	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885
Tuberoular, including Phthisis	149	172	143	163	196	210	— 198	255	236	239
Of Brain, Nerves, &c,	119	148	137	136	117	147	173	168	170	178
Of the Heart, &c.	49	55	53	56	72	94	83	85	95	108
Of the Respiratory Organs, excluding Phthisis	160	124	204	260	215	266	272	318	248	327
Of Digestive Organs	19	37	27	27	47	59	59	68	63	52
Of Urinary Organs	13	14	10	20	15	26	21	32	19	30
Of Organs of Generation	8	8	3	9	9	14	14	11	12	16
Of Joints, Bones, &c.	4	1	2	2	3	15	12	19	12	5
Of Cancer	23	22	23	14	22	21	25	33	17	31
Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &o.	30	30	31	36	70	37	78	30	33	55
Of Uncertain Seat and other diseases	37	25	29	17	36	27	27	13	39	29
Age	53	47	58	57	35	31	37	64	45	54
v iolenoe	18	23	28	13	23	40	30	20	39	29
Constitutional	4	7	11	16	4	10	6	1	10	8
Totals	686	713	751	828	864	997	1028	1123	1068	1161

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Table: The following table contrasts all deaths from non-zymotic causes during the past 10 years.