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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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Parish of Streatham.

TABLE III.STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

Streatham.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease.Sex-Age.Social Position.
Population census, 1896 54,338Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.All under 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.Middle and Trading Class.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Estimated Population, 1897 58,183
Causes of Death.
I. ZYMOTIC.Small Pox................................
Scarlet Fever................................
Diphteria1138..556..............110
Membranous Croup................................
Typhus Fever321........1..2..........3
Continued Fever................................
Relapsing Fever..................................
Puerperal Fever................................
Cholera................................
Erysipelas2111..1......1..........2
Measles734167..................7
Whooping Cough972549..................9
Influenza1569..221..31531....14
Diarrhœa & Dysentery37221531636..1............235
Hydrophobia................................
Ohter Zymotic Diseases................................
II. Constitutional.Totals of Zymotic Class8444403822607234531..380
Gout1..1................1..1....
Rheumatism431......11..11..1111
Cancer & other Tumours Other Constitutional Diseases23815..........3126215611
Tuber cular.ceases5412..2..11..1....1..4
Phthisis51321931429142011..4443
III. Local.Other Tubercular Diseases13495492..11..........13
Nervous62..36116171281512748941
Circulatory7036342..21392521962953
Respiratory803842137202..510172671666
Digestive41172418321234731..2534
Urinary221210..........565616511
Generative2..2..........2............2
Locomotory1..1..........1........1....
IV. Develop mentalIntegumentary................................
Premature Birth Low Vitality and Congenital Defects47291847..47..............1541
Old Age401822............163352627
V. violence191366..6..23332....118
VI. All other Diseases22..112..............1..1
Totals567286281146441901823591058191263560446