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Table: TABLE XV.Causesof,and Ages at Death, during the year 1901. (T able 4.)

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TABLE XV.

Causesof,and Ages at Death, during the year 1901. (T able 4.)

Causes of Death.	Deaths in or belonging to Whole District at sub-joined ages.									Deaths in or belonging to Localities. (At all ages).					Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
	All Ages	Males	males	Under 1 year	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 65	65 and upwards	Clapham	Putney	Streatham	Tooting	Wandsworth
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14		15	16
Small Pox	3	2	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	1	2	..
Measles	68	38	30	15	50	3	..	..	..	16	2	11	8	31	7
Scarlet Fever	15	5	10	1	7	5	2	..	..	6	..	3	3	3	59
Typhus Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Epidemic Influenza	41	21	20	..	..	1	4	22	14	14	3	14	3	7	1
Whooping Cough	60	31	29	25	29	6	..	..	..	17	4	13	5	21	2
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup	42	25	17	5	21	16	..	..	..	9	4	4	3	22	91
Croup
Enteric Fever	15	6	9				1			3	2	3	3	4	26
Asiatic Cholera
Diarrhoea, Dysentery	146	82	64	126	10		1		4	28	7	28	27	.■>6
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis	18	10	8	16	1					14		,	2	1
Enteritis	56	26	30	48	1				4	8	7	21	5	15	1
Other Continued Fevers ..
Erysipelas	3	1	2							1		1		1
Puerperal Fever	7		7								2	2	2	1
Other Septic Diseases	8	5	3	5					1		1	3	1	3	1
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia
Tuberculosis of Meninges ..	52	18	34	17	29	4	1			13		13	7	19	1
Tuberculosis of Lungs	•259	141	118	3	5	5	44	18	i4	68	20	58	16	97	71
Other forms of Tuberculosis	77	46	31	22	27	9	6	1	1	21	5	18	10	23	13
Alcoholism	16	8	8					1	2	4	1	6		5
Cancer	202	63	139			1	1	13-	66	54	2(1	74	io	44	27
Premature Birth	110	48	62	110						26	14	33	9	28
Developmental Diseases ..	164	96	68	154	10					34	s	47	22	63
Old Age	184	63	121						183	57	12	61	10	44	39
Meningitis	28	14	14	8	10	3	3	3	1	9	3	5	2	9	2
Inflammation and Softening of the Brain	17	5	12					6	11	7	1	6	1	2	5
Organic Diseases of Heart..	143	78	65		1	8	9	79	46	30	23	47	7	36	8
Acute Bronchitis	110	53	57	60	13	1		15	21	24	7	28	12	39	8
Chronic Bronchitis	107	42	65	1				33	73	22	7	34	10	34	9
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia	132	74	58	13	16	2	8	68	25	26	16	34	3	53	6
monia	117		51	60	91	4	4	13	5		,H	23	16	38	4
Diseases of Stomach	39	8	31	10		1	3	16	9	4	9	I"	4	11	1
Obstruction of Intestines ..	29	14	15	5	3	1	1	10	9	10		7	4	8	2
Cirrhosis of Liver	32							•n	s	6	6	9	4	7	2
Nephritis and Bright's Disease	78	48	30	3		1	1	50	23	16	15	27	6	14	3
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs	11		11			,		9	1	3	2			j	2
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition	21		21				6	15		5	I	4	5	6
Deaths by Accident or Negligence	91	59	32	27	12	8	9	22	13	19	20	20	3	29	2
Deaths by Suicide	23	15	8				5	15		8	7	3		5
Deaths from ill-defined causes
All other causes	606	327	279	81	37	15	14	266	194	166	67	ltw	38	16 v	90
All causes	3,130	1,554	1,576	816	313	103	123	1046	729	769	314 845		263	939	493

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Table: TABLE XV.Causesof,and Ages at Death, during the year 1901. (T able 4.)