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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 IV.STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

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TABLE IV.

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.
-					Males.	Females.	Under 1 Year.	From 1 to 5 Years.	All under 5 years.	From 5 to 15 Years.	From 15 to 25 Years.	From 25 and under 45 Years	From 45 to 65 Y ears	From 65 to 75 Years	75 Years and Upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers Ac.	Middle and Trading Class.	Industrial & Labouring Class.
Population (Census)		1896,307
Estimated Population in middle of 1898			7915																	Parishioners.	Non-Parishioners.
CAUSES OF DEATH.																				Parishioners.	Non-Parishioners.
I. Zymotic.	Small Pox			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Scarlet Fever			41	25	16		28	28	9	3	..	1	..	.	..	..	2	39	..	41
	Diphtheria			110	64	46	6	61	67	42	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	6	103	1	108
	Membranous Croup			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Tvphus Fever			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Enteric Fever			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Continued Fever			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Relapsing Fever			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Puerperal Fever			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Cholera			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Erysipelas			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	...	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Measles			16	8	8	1	14	15	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	16		11
	Whooping Cough			2	..	2	1	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..
	Influenza			4	2	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1		2	..	1	..	3	..	1
	Diarrhoea & Dysentery			14	5	9	12	2	14	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	11	..	..
	Hydrophobia			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Other Zymotic Diseases			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
II.Constitutional.	Totals of Zymotic Class			187	104	83	20	106	126	52	4	1	2	..	2	..	2	12	173	1	161
	Gout and Rheumatism			1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1			..	••
	Cancer & other Tumours			8	3	6	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	4	..	..	..	3	5	..
	Other Constitutional Diseases			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Tubercular	Phthisis .		8	5	3	..	1	1	1	..	4	2	..	..	..	..	..	8	..	..
	Tubercular	Other Tubercular Diseases		1	1	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..
III. Local.				13	7	6	..	2	2	1	1	..	..	1	..	1	1	3	8	..	..
	Circulatory			16	8	8	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	4	3	..	1	5	10	..	2
	Respiratory			17	11	6	..	4	6	2	..	1	5	2	1	..	1	4	12	..	2
	Digestive			5	2	3	..	1	3	..	..	..	..	2		..	1	..	4	..	..
	Urinary			3	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	..	1	2	..	2
	Generative			1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..
	Locomotary			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Integumentary			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV. Develop mental.	Premature Birth, Low Vitality and Congenital Defects			17	6	11	17	..	17	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	13	..	..
IV. Develop mental.	Old Age			13	6	7	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	10	..	5
V.				4	4	..	1	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	..	..
VI.	All Other Diseases			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals				294	169	136	42	116	158	57	7	14	23	15	20	1	8	34	261	2	172*
* In addition, two deaths of non-parishioners (other than in Public Institutions) occurred in the sub-district, producing a total of 174 non-parishioners.