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Wandsworth 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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48 Medical Officers of Health AnnuaI Report.
Deaths from Non-zymotic Diseases.
The appended Table gives the number of deaths
from these groups of diseases in the last 10 years, and
shows whether those for 1900 are above or below the
decennial average corrected for increase of population.

Table: TABLE VI.

TABLE VI.

18901891189218931894189518961897189818991900Number above corrected decennial average.N umber below corrected decennial average.
Gout and Rheumatism.978561566981..
Cancer and other Tumours29322628404242666448502..
Other Constitutional Diseases5319..27229138..
Tubercular7971906766617890799710818..
Nervous7774546853725754678162..14
Circulatory575962485158726444697710..
Respiratory18912511611388146891041001241364..
Digestive2632363438222424294930..6
Urinary1512162213151614192319....
Generative5124..573322..2
Locomotory1..11....12211....
Integumentary..............11..2....
Premature Birth, Low Vitality,&c.44485158475250554861666..
Old Age27201414102614192622286..
Violence16152413121314141817191..
Ill-defined and Not Specified31234......321..1

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Rheumatic.
Affections.
There were but few deaths under this heading,
and tbey do not differ materially from
former years.
Cancer and
other Tumours.
There were 50 deaths from these Tumours,
or two above the corrected decennial average.
It must be remembered, however, that a considerable
number of deaths from this cause occur in the Home