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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.

TOOTING.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c , in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.Deaths in Public Institutions within the District.
Population (Census) 1895,7306Mules.Females.Under 1 Year.From 1 to 5 Years.All under 3 years.From 5 to 15 Years.From 15 to 25 Years.From 25 and under 45 YearsFrom 45 to 65 YearsFrom 65 to 75 Years75 Years and Upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants. Bankers &c.Middle and Trading Class.Industrial & Labouring Class.
Estimated Population in middle of 18977611Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.Small Pox....................................
Scarlet Fever76472945357163..........1273..76
Diphtheria1928410851121176726..........31891191
Membranous Croup..................................
Tvphus Fever....................................
Enteric Fever....................................
Continued Fever....................................
Relapsing Fever....................................
Puerperal Fever....................................
Cholera....................................
Erysipelas....................................
Measles321123..................3..3
ii.Constitutional.Whooping Cough..112..2..................2....
Influenza....................................
Diarrhoea & Dysentery5145..5................5....
Hydrophobia....................................
Other Zymotic Diseases....................................
Totals of Zymotic Class278135143171671848156........152721270
Gout and Rheumatism....................................
Cancer & other 1 umours312......................21....
Other Constitutional Diseases....................................
Tubercular.Pnthisis1147..........2711..119..1
Other Tubercular Diseases....................................
Nervous844213......221....17....
III. Local.Circulatory16106..112....721..529....
Respiratory6421..11....211............
Digestive8442..22....31......26..1
Urinary33..............2..1....12..1
Generative
Locomotary....................................
Integumentary......................................
IV.| Developmental.Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects139413..13..................13....
Old Age624................6......6....
V.Violence
Ail Other Diseases....................................
Totals362176176351692048851223911..7143311275