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Wandsworth 1886

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

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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

WANDSWORTH. Population (Census) 1881 28,00 Official Population in middle of 1885 31,497Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Males.FemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.From 10 to 20 years.At 20 and under 40 years of age.At 40 and under 60 years of age.At 60 and under 80 years of a ge.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional class Merchants, Bankers, &e.Middle and Trading- Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.Small-pox..............................
Measles282179181..............325
Scarlet Fever633..5....1............6
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever835......141........35
Puerperal Fever..............................
Diphtheria1064242..1..1....316
Whooping Cough3116151516..............1822
Erysipelas431..........3....1..21
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Cholera281513262..............1621
Other Zymotic Diseases1..11....................1
Totals of Zymotic Class1166749544551641..152387
ii. Constitutional.Gout, and Rheumatism633........114......24
Cancer & other Tumours Other Constitutional21912....2..1111..3189
Diseases3211........11......12
TubercularPhthisis54243087..92116....331731
Tabes Mesenterica24159176....1..........420
Hydrocephalus853251..............35
Scrofula11..1....................1
III. Local.Nervous15182693411112945291285091
Circulatory4616301211416201141823
Respiratory1357065314151817266313299
Digestive30171311..21493..33717
Urinary26179......13101021..1510
Generative4..4........3..1......22
Locomotory..............................
Integumentary..............................
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality37231437................3826
Congenital Defects85371..............134
Old Age32725............1220311414
V. Violence1714322..1363......116
VI. Ill-defined and Not specifiedIll-defined.22,..........11..........2
Not specified1..11....................1
Totals72237934320712017985133121302030208464