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Wandsworth 1900

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

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Sub.district of Putney and lloehampton.
Nervous There is a diminution in the mortality arising
Diseases. from these diseases. 26 deaths were registered,
which gives a death-rate per 1,000 of 1.1.
circulatory The numbers and rates were practically the
Diseases. same as under Nervous diseases, and were
considerably below those of the previous year.
Respiratory There is a great fall in the mortality under
Diseases. this heading, only 39 deaths were registered
compared with 50 during 1899. The difference is probably
due to the fact that Influenza was less prevalent, and the
type of the disease not so severe.
Digestive Under this heading there was a fall in the
Diseases. mortality, 37 compared with 47 deaths. The
mortality was 1.1 per 1,000.

TABLE XI.

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.

CAUSES OF DEATH.1891189218931894189518961897189818991890
constitu- tuonal.Gout and Rheumatism..1..21....2....
Cancer and other Tumours99812161218132314
Phthisis23222616201614231817
Other Tubercular Diseases11766738210
Other Constitutional Diseases1..2234..114
Nervous.23373120282829253526
Local.Circulatory22192220222533193527
Respiratory43555329574248465039
Digestive29202119213118244737
Urinary85545671568
Generative12112121..2
I ocomotorv......1..111..
^Integumentary....1........12..
Develop- mental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality1018131120918121218
Congenital Defects....1..2....3..3
01d Age1056106855910
Violence987101584121710
All other Diseases592....1..11..