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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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Sab-district of Putney and Roehampton. 65
cases occurred during the first quarter of the year, and
were a continuation of the epidemic which prevailed
during the last few months of 1894.
Measles.
One death resulted from this disease.
Whooping Cough.
No death was registered from this disease.
Non-Zymottc
Diseases.
In Table VII. there is a tabulated comparison
made of the incidence of the various non-zymotic
diseases since 1889.

Table: TABLE VII.COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.

TABLE VII.

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.

CAUSES OF DEATH.1889189018911892189318941895
Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism..5..1..21
Cancer and other Tumours689981216
Phthisis17282322261620
Other Tubercular Diseases5311766
Other Constitutional Diseases121..223
Local.Nervous32342337312028
Circulatory17182219222022
Respiratory30424355532957
Digestive19262920211921
Urinary5585545
Generative..212112
Locomotory............1
Integumentary........1....
Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality12261018131120
Congenital Defects2......1..2
Old Age841056106
Violence999871015
All other Diseases51592....

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These diseases were the cause of 225 deaths, which
is equivalent to 87.2 per cent. of the total number.
Cancer and other
Tumours.
Under this head there is again an increase.
Of the 16 cases registered, there were three males and
thirteen females.
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