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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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TABLE IIISTATISTICS OF MORTALITY

PUTNEYTotal Deaths from each Class of Disease.&c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
Population (Census), 189117,771.| Males.Females.J Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 & under 45 years.From 45&c., under 65 years.From 65 & under 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class' Shopmen, Clerks, Ac.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Estimated Populalation in middle of 189519,624.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic Diseases.Small Pox..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Diphtheria22....2..................2
Membranous Croup ................................
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever211......1..1..........2
Continued Fever..............................
Relapsing Fever..............................
Puerperal Fever1..1........1............1
Cholera..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Measles11....1..................1
W hooping Cough..............................
Influenza1761111....2364..278
Diarrhoea & Dysentery197391..............127
Hydrophobia..............................
Other Zymotic Diseases..............................
Totals of Zymotic Class331716105..13464..3921
II. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism11............1..........1
Cancer & other Tumours16313........2734..457
Other Constitutional Diseases312........111....111
Tubercular.Phthisis201010..114941....2612
Other Tubercular Diseases64223..1..........2..4
III. Local.Nervous28131581..1645318613
Circulatory22814......141232..3910
Respiratory572829107....4111411..81534
Digestive2113881....1631..399
Urinary55............1..2....2,3
Generative2..2........2..........2..
Locomotory1..1..............1..1....
Integumentary..............................
IV.Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality )2012820..................218
Congenital Defects2112................1..1
Old Age615..............6..222
V. Violence151051..1445........312
VI.Illdefined & Not specifiedIlldefined Not specified..............................
Totals25812713161185123656363413871148