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Wandsworth 1895

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

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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

Table: TABLE VI.

TABLE VI.

POPULATION Census 1891 156,931Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., in the District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Positiion.
Clapham—Population, 47,238 Area in acres. 1,233Putney—Population, 19,624 Arm in acres, 2,176Streatham-Population, 51,126 Area in acres, 2,904Tooting—Population, 6,250 Area in acres, 561Wandsworth —Population, 57,863 Area in acres. 2,433Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Hankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Estimated Population in middle of 1395. 183.101
CAUSES OF DEATH
Small Pox............................................................
Scarlet Fever71...33...4...33...1...............43
Diphtheria2411253314101158.....................2715
MembranousCroup9......4...536252.....................27
Typhus Fever............................................................
Enteric Fever18l21014126...13211l.........2115
I. Zymotic.Continued rever............................................................
Relapsing Fever............................................................
Puerperal Fever611l...3...6............6...............15
Cholera............................................................
Erysipelas4............4...4............21...1......13
Measles251715...21213520........................223
Whooping Cough227...1l13715138l...............12316
Influenza1263517362365670107411925312912154059
Diarrhoea and
Dysentery106401027524565083141...2114162277
Hydrophobia............................................................
Other Zymotic
Diseases11...............11..............................1
Totals of Zymotic Class318114339215941641841157322341283234142783221
11. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism111143274......1124211...37
Cancer and other Tumours1184216304264375......1...165620255153464
Other Constitutional Diseases16215...69761......351......1312
Tuber Cular.Phthisis Other Tuber1725220292697993...211358039412835127
cular Diseases84961435247374519865...1......41268
Nervous3087228671912216114753332647774941203462102
III. Local.Circulatory20658226695197109214634705633151558118
Respiratory486146571212214023824897695535839399202799340
Digestive144222138756806453963142722108123688
Urinary65155194224520......511419188291638
Generative135215...13............12...1.........211
Locomotory1...1............1.....................1...1......
Integumentary............................................................
IV Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality202522048136910894202.....................1735159
Congenital Defects1612......138816........................2311
Old Age128266376536167...............129981791884
V. Violence7013151114174327135108101653...1663
VIIII-defined1............11...1..............................1
Not Specified............................................................
Totals23896302585811227981191119860321275743134253333541051725051607