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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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TABLE II.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

CLAPHAMTotal Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
Males.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, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring.
Population(Census), 1896} 46,953
Estimated Population}47.804in middle of 1897
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.Small Pox..............................
Scarlet Fever11......1..............1..
D1phtheria431..31..............22
Membranous Croup2..2..2................2
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever3..3....1..2......1..2..
Continued Fever..............................
Relapsing Fever..............................
Puerperal Fever1..1......1..............1
Choiera..............................
Erysipelas11............1........1..
Measles16106411..1..........511
Whoop1ng Cough53241................14
Influenza936..2..121121233
Diarrhœa & Dysentery442123357......2......2933
Hydrophobia..............................
Other Zymotic Diseases..............................
Totals of Zymotic Class8642444326334412242456
II. Const1tut1onal.Gout and Rheumatism624....2..1111....33
Cancer & other Tumours661254..1111223217662430
Other Const1tut1onal D1seases22..1......1............2
Tubercular.Phthisis6731362121333142..131845
Other Tubercular ( D1seases238158102111......3515
Nervous5426281331..87175562123
III. Local.C1rculatory6430341112728159662032
Respiratory1045153301723619819252275
Digestive24131162..1355221912
Urinary14104....1..24521346
Generative3..3........21........12
Locomotory211......1......11..1..
Integumentory1..1........1............1
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality563323533..............31439
Congenital Defects2112....................2
Old Age19712..............195572
V. Violence149572..11..12..1211
VI. Ill-defined Ill-defined..............................
& not specified Not Specified..............................
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