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Wandsworth 1901

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XLI11.

TABLE XLI11.

CLAPHAM. 1901. Causes of Death.Deaths in Sub-District at sub-joined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions.
| All Ages.Males.Females.Under 1 year.1 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.
Small-Pox....................
Measles16973121........
Scarlet Fever624..321......
Typhus Fever....................
Epidemic Influenza14104......194..
Whooping Cough1798710..........
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup963..63........
Croup....................
Enteric Fever321....21......
Asiatic Cholera....................
Diarrhoea, Dysentery281513234....1....
Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis148614............
Enteritis8625......12..
Other Continued Fevers....................
Erysipelas11..........1....
Puerperal Fever....................
Other Septic Diseases....................
Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia• •....................
Tuberculosis of Meninges1349511........
Tuberculosis of Lungs6842261....15475186
Other forms of Tuberculosis2114775333..
Alcoholism431........4....
Cancer542034....1..341922
Premature Birth26111526..........
Developmental Diseases342113304..........
Old Age572037..........57..
Meningitis963231..21..
Inflammation and Softening of Brain725........25..
Organic Diseases of Heart301911..113196..
Acute Bronchitis2411131141..441
Chronic Bronchitis22616........814..
Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia261313..1..2176..
Lobular (Broncho ) Pneumonia2215710223....
Diseases of Stomach4..41....111..
Obstruction of Intestines10372......35..
Cirrhosis of Liver633........512
Nephritis and Bright's Disease16971......123..
Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs3..3....1..2....
Accidents and Diseases of Parturition5..5......14....
Deaths by Accident or Negligence19127541162..
Deaths by Suicide862......26....
Deaths from ill-defined causes..................
All other causes16588771765372622
All causes76939637317075253626619752