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Wandsworth 1897

[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 1894 187.264 Estimated Population in middle of 1897, 195,974Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Clapham— Population, 47,804 Area in acres. 1,137Putney—Population, 21,125 Area in acres, 2,235Streatham—Population, 58,183 Area in acres, 2.914Tooting—Population, 7,611 Area in acres, 566Wandsworth —Population, 61,251 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, Rankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.Small Pox............................................................
Scarlet Fever831......7665390455213...............1379
Diphtheria24144111923011013161349027...11...416221
Membranous Croup32.........1...312...........................3
Typhus Fever............................................................
Enteric Fever103l3...346......2232l...1144
Continued Fever1............1...1...1...........................1
Relapsing Fever............................................................
Puerperal Fever5l.........4...6.........23..................5
Cholera............................................................
Erysipelas4l...2...1221............3l3
Measles30167341713622l1...............1623
Whooping Cough3557921218172312.....................152y
Influenza479515...181538...4128101210331427
Diarrhœa and Dysentery155442137548827313019...212...12422127
Hydrophobia............................................................
Other Zymotic Diseases............................................................
Totals of Zymotic Class614863884278128301313171249115142217141261571522
II. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism216...510813...134244315411
Cancer and other Tumours15466182334438116...1112363461911155672
Other Constitutional Diseases102...5...3736......12...1......1...9
Tubercular.Phthisis Other Tubercular210671451116710810263123185655321543150
Diseases6623313..272541232610133.........31251
III. Local.Nervous267542962811414512239205552665327132460170
Circulatory2616433701678115146756935986833172777140
Respiratory3551044880611718117491537518586558112170253
Digestive149241841858717860104715301585124191
Urinary70147223244426111...11311213292836
Generative12322...5111............9111...129
Locomotory6211...242......1l1111l122
Integumentary31.........212l.........1...1......1...2
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality2045618471370115892013.....................1332159
Congenital Defects122106612...........................210
Old Age126195406565373...............22210216128068
V. Violence5914419...223821224...7955511...52
VIfill-defined3......2...12121.....................1...2
Not Specified............................................................
Totals26026072385673528381263133964237716786288444313285801775301809