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Wandsworth 1900

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Table: TABLE II.STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

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TABLE II.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

CLAPHAM			Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.	Sex		Age								Social Position
CLAPHAM				Males.	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, Bankers, Ac.	Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Population l (Census), 1896 46,953
Official Population in middle of 1900 52,932
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.	Small Pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Scarlet Fever		1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
	Diphtheria		1	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Membranous Croup		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Typhus Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Enteric Fever		1	l	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Continued Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Relapsing Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Puerperal Fever		2	..	2	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
	Cholera		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Erysipelas		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Measles		6	2	4	2	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	5
	Whooping Cough		12	6	6	4	8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	9
	Influenza		30	13	17	1	1	..	..	5	11	7	5	1	2	12	15
	Diarrhœa & Dysentiry		28	15	13	24	3	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	4	24
	Hydrophobia		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Other Zymotic Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Totals of Zymotic Class		81	38	43	31	16	1	1	8	11	8	5	1	2	22	56
II. Constitutional.	Rheumatism		8	6	2	..	..	1	1	4	1	1	..	..	1	2	5
	Cancer & other Tumours		50	11	39	..	..	..	1	7	29	8	5	5	6	11	28
	Other Constitutional Diseases		12	6	6	5	1	..	..	1	1	2	2	..	..	1	11
	Tubercular.	Phthisis	79	41	38	..	..	4	20	34	20	..	1	..	7	8	64
	Tubercular.	Other Tubercular Diseases	29	23	6	7	6	8	1	4	2	..	1	1	4	5	19
III. Local.	Alcoholism		1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Cirrhosis of Liver		6	4	2	..	..	..	..	2	3	1	..	..	..	3	3
	Nervous Disease		62	30	32	21	9	4	2	..	13	5	8	6	..	16	40
	Heart Disease		56	15	41	..	..	2	1	7	19	14	13	2	8	9	37
	Other Circulatory Diseases		21	9	12	..	..	..	..	..	6	9	6	2	3	8	8
	Bronchitis		77	28	49	18	9	..	..	4	13	11	22	2	4	23	48
	Pneumonia		50	28	22	7	15	1	1	9	7	5	5	4	3	11	32
	Pleurisy		2	2	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	1
	Other Respiratory Diseases		7	3	4	2	..	1	1	..	2	1	..	..	1	1	5
	Digestive		24	10	14	9	..	1	1	3	3	5	2	3	3	8	10
	Urinary		19	11	8	1	..	..	1	4	3	8	2	..	3	8	8
	Generative		2	..	2	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
	Locomotory		1	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Integumentary		2	..	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	2
IV. Developmental.	Premature Birth and Low Vitality )		64	31	33	64	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	10	53
	Congenital Defects		2	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
	Old Age		28	6	22	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	27	3	..	16	9
V. Violence		Accident	9	4	5	3	3	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	..	1	8
		Suicide	7	5	2	..	..	..	1	1	3	1	1	..	..	1	6
		Homicide	3	2	1	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
VI. Ill-defined & not specified		Ill-defined	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..
VI. Ill-defined & not specified		Not Specified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals			703	315	388	173	69	25	33	90	140	82	101	29	46	167	461

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