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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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126
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

Table: TABLE VIII.Comparative Table of Non-Zymotic Mortality.

TABLE VIII.

Comparative Table of Non-Zymotic Mortality.

Diseases.188718881889189018911892189318941895189618971897
No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
Constitutional.Tubercular11111472991078779971218994..30.9
Other Constitutional32303248315436513467573.9..
Local.Nervous1151129010310412311011112281114..23.4
Circulatory324526463957575251897814.8..
Respiratory11012887177201144184128140122117..64.8
Digestive3034314251346251567258..1.2
Urinary1722171722362824222124..4.9
Generative25569969585..3
Locomotory1..222..........21.4..
Integumentary..1..1..1......121.5..
Developmental.Premature Birth Malformation384136546660725882718061..
Low Vitality Age362533242726293853525612.1..
Violence1323152724182523172922..5.3
Ill-defined or Not specified2412224..1..1..1.3

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The total number of deaths from these non-zymotic
diseases was 710, compared with 705 in 1896 and 704 in
1895. They formed 84.7 per cent, of the total mortality
compared with 79.5 per cent, in 1896, and 88.23 per
cent, in 1895.
After correcting for external and internal institutions
the total number of deaths was 743, or 82.3 per
cent, of the total corrected mortality.
The number of deaths from diseases of a tubercular
nature, which include Phthisis Pulmonalis and tubercular
diseases of the brain and bowels was 94, a slight increase