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Wandsworth 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: TABLE VI.

TABLE VI.

Sub.Districts.Sex.Age.Social Position.
POPULATION Census 1893 187.264 Estimated Population in middle of 1898. 202,461Total Deaths from each C lass of Disease. &c., in the District.Clapham—Population, 48,496 Area in acres. 1,137Putney—Population, 21,682 Area in acres, 8»335Streatham . Population, 60,459 Area in acres, 2.914Tooting—Population, 7,915 Area in acre, 566Wandsworth— Population, 63,917 Area in acres, 2,433Males.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, Tankers, &<;.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
1. ZymoticSmall Pox............................................................
Scarlet Fever42.........4112517...2993...1............240
Diphtheria14275611014816177257411.........619117
MembranousCroup............................................................
Typhus Fever............................................................
Enteric Fever8...13...453......1421............26
Continued Fever...3......................................................
Relapsing Fever............................................................
Puerperal Fever93...1...5...9............6............225
Cholera............................................................
Erysipelas93143...3362••......13...2126
Measles...141526163464102773..................1193
Whooping Cough7817101922539393541......1...............1662
Influenza ...74191116425393522...29242111162641
Diarrhoea and Dysentery18851...2914831127615917...111361937141
Hydrophobia Other Zymotic............................................................
Diseases............................................................
Totals of Zymotic Class654114561031871943682S6232234761721312419224117511
II. ContitutionalGout and Rheumatism22621112715...1414732...3712
Cancer and other Tumours15964134183358101......221974362614145180
Other Constitutional Diseases1221......96761......122...1128
Phthisis Other Tubercular2195023588741121074544392608861255146
Diseases9023817141543645258561......222561
III LocalNervous27467'25681310114313148275124455403381876172
Circulatory254441969161061211332191238915249122972141
Respiratory485100161581716426721810258844590918793399344
Digestive15929243854163765354717301586134278
Urinary8019152731646342...438291915...81751
Generative1331117...13.........382.........148
Lo.omotory421......1...4...1...1...11......112
Integumentary211.........2...l...................1.........2
iv. Developmental.Premature Birth and Lov Vitality18043125117579783180........................639135
Congenital Defects2753......191215252.....................1719
Old Age15425556135553101...............2211318114689
V. Violence811812184295328213123171771...317(50
VIfill.defined0312......423...111............1...5
\ Not Specified.......................................................
Totals85562426870829496114651390724363137114321502319375731816771924