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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 111.STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

WandsworthTotal Deaths from each Class of 1 Disease. &c.. in the Sub-District. |Sex.Age.Social Position.
Population40,720Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 and under 45 years.From 45 and under 65 yearsFrom 65 and under 75 year75 and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Mer- chants, Bankers, Ac.Midde and Trading Class. Shopmen, Clerks. &cIndustrial and Labouring
(Census), 1891
Estimated Population57,863
in middle of 1895
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.Small Pox..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Diphtheria312..3..................3
Membranous Croup53223..................5
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever431..1....3........1..3
Continued Fever..............................
Relapsing Fever..............................
Puerperal Fever3............3............1
Cholera..............................
Erysipelas4..4........21..1....13
Measles2..2..2..................2
Whooping Cough1358841..............112
Influenza3612244....171176441612
Diarrhoea & Dysentery24177203....1........2715
Hydrophobia..............................
Other Zymotic Diseases..............................
Totals of Zymotic Class944153341611161277472558
ii. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism211......11............2
Cancer & otherTumours261115........2136513719
Other Constitutional Diseases6243......12........15
TubercularPhthisis693435..131433162..1412,12
Other Tubercular Diseases5229233111522..1....11041
III. Local.Nervous12266561710232737215592385
Circulatory511833..111615117261429
Respiratory1407961332631132721164524101
Digestive5631252721151263241832
Urinary22157....1139621079
Generative5..5........4..1........5
Locomotary..............................
Integumentary..............................
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality69422769..............121848
Congenital Defects136713................139
Old Age532429••........1203264538
V. Violence17107421217......1115
VI. Ill-defined & not SpecifiedIll-defined11..1....................1
Not specifier..............................
Totals798410388232681827124151101772752168651