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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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43
Parish of Clapham.
Deaths from Non-zymotic Diseases.
The appended table gives the number of deaths in
the last 10 years, and shows whether those for 1898 are
above or below the decennial average corrected for
increase of population.

Table: TABLE VI.

TABLE VI.

18881889189018911892189318941895189618971898Number above corrected decennial average.Number below corrected decennial average.
Gout and Rheumatism.46978561566....
Cancer and other Tumours182129322628404242666426..
Other Constitutional Diseases625319..2722..2
Tubercular6869797190676661789079..3
Nervous7074777454685372575467..5
Circulatory4956576962486158726444..19
Respiratory1031051391251161138814689104100..25
Digestive4118263236343822242429..3
Urinary9151512162213151614193..
Generative215124..5733....
Locomotory..11..11....122....
Integumentary1................11....
Premature Birth, LowVitality,&c.4950444851584752505848..8
Old Age34372720141410261419252..
Violence13131615241312131414182..
Ill-defined and Not Specified....31234......3....

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Gout and
Rheumatism.
There were 6 deaths referred to these causes,
a number much the same as in recent years.
Cancer and
other Tumours
There were 64 deaths under this head, only
2 less than last year. It must be noted,
however, that a large proportion of these deaths occurred
in institutions, particularly the Home for the Dying,
and were not of inhabitants of the sub-district. There
were 22 such deaths that ought to be excluded, leaving
42 of the inhabitants proper. Taking this into consideration,
however, there is no doubt an increase of
deaths referred to Cancer.