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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 III

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

PUTNEY.Total 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 & under 45 years.From 45 & under 65 years.From 65 & under 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants. Hankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Population (Census), 1896 20,566
Estimated Popu- lation in 1897. 21,125
CAUSES OF DEATH.
..I. Zymotic Diseases.Small Pox..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Diphtheria422112............121
Membranous Croup..............................
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever11..............1....1....
Continued Fever..............................
Relapsing Fever..............................
Puerperal Fever..............................
Cholera..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Measles..............................
Whooping Cough72552..............124
Influenza523......12..11..122
Diarrhœa & Dysentery21147192................318
Hydrophobia..............................
Other Zymotic Diseases..............................
II. Constitutional.Totals of Zymotic Class382117255212..21..4925
Gout and Rheumatism..............................
Cancer & other Tumours18414........2862..3105
Other Constitutional Diseases..............................
Tubercular.Phthisis1468....12731....239
Other Tubercular Diseases31211....1............3
III. Local.Nervous29151444....17103..7913
Circulatory33141932..1510111..71313
Respiratory482326771..39174..121224
Digestive1812642....3333..387
Urinary761..........61....142
Generative2..2........2............2
Locomotory11............1........1..
Integumentary..............................
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality1813518................1413
j Congenital Defects..............................
Old Age523..............6..221
V. Violence4311....21..........22
VI. Illdefined& Illdefined Not specified Not specified..............................
Totals23812111763214627475119..427711