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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 III STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

PUTNEY.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
Population (Census), 189620,366.Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 & under 45 years.From 45 & under 65 years.From 65 & under 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants. Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class Shopmen, Clerks, &c.
Estimated Population in 1898.21,682.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic Diseases.Small Pox............................
Scarlet Fever............................
Diphtheria422....31..........2..
Membranous Croup11..1..................1
Typhus Fever............................
Enteric Fever1..1......1..............
Continued Fever............................
Relapsing Fever............................
Puerperal Fever............................
Cholera............................
Erysipelas............................
Measles1495113................1
Whooping Cough1578510................3
Influenza1055....1..1431....6
Diarrhœa & Dysentery1174101................1
Hydrophobia............................
Other Zymotic Diseases............................
Totals of Zymotic Class-5631251724421431..212
II. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism211..1..........1....1
Cancer & other Tumour.13211........1633..17
Other Constitutional Diseases1..1............1......1
Tubercular.Phthisis23158....11109..2148
Other Tubercular Diseases86222112..........2
III. Local.Nervous26121352....5526..29
Circulatory199102....15722..212
Respiratory4624221411..7797..39
Digestive241591111l361....112
Urinary15510......l3452..14
Generative1..1........1........1..
Locomotory1..1..1..............1..
Integumentary11................1......
IV. DevelopmetPremature Birth and Low Vitality128412..................1
Congenital Defects3123................2
Old Age523..............5....3
V. Violence12756..3..21........3
VI. Illdefined & Not specifiedIlldefined11••1....................
Not specified
Totals26814012872331174049263011886