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Wandsworth 1900

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

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118 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

Table: TABLE VII.Causes of, and Ages at, Death during 1900, (table iv.) Wandsworth Sub-District.

TABLE VII.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during 1900, (table iv.) Wandsworth Sub-District.

Causes of Death.Dbatiis in Sub-District at Subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions.
All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.6 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.
Small-pox................
Measles325261........
Scarlet Fever7..52........
Whooping Cough1183..........
Diphtheria and Membranous croup111351..1..
Croup11............
Typhus................
Enteric13..1246..4
Other continued................
Epidemic Influenza31112116105
Cholera................
Plague................
Diarrhœa62518....3..1
Enteritis312061..223
Puerperal Fever1....1........
Erysipelas71..114..
Other Septic Diseases4......11..1
Phthisis924441460623
Other Tubercular Diseases5023203134
Cancer, Malignant Disease34......315163
Bronchitis782210....23236
Pneumonia1053118284062
Pleurisy6........141
Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs .2........2..7
Alcoholism Cirrhosis of Liver16........1152
Venereal Diseases2........2....
Premature Birth5959. .........2
Diseases and Accidents of Parturition4......4......
Heart Diseases10911..1624316
Accidents2854131149
Suicides8......1611
All other Causes184621731407186
All Causes9872851292844305196176