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Wandsworth 1894

Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895

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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

Table: TABLE VI.

TABLE VI.

POPULATION Census 1891 156,931Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. &c., in the District.Sub-Districts.Shx.Age.Social Position.
Clapham— Population, 46,380 Area in acres. 1,233Putney—Population, 19,158 Area in acres, 2,176Streatham - Population, 49,084 Area in acres, 2.904Tooting—Population, 5,676 Area in acres, 561Wandsworth —Population, 55,175 Area in acres. 2,433Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants. Bankers, &cMiddle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &cIndustrial and Labouring Classes.
Estimated Population in middle of 1894, 175,473
CAUSES OF DEATH
I. Zymotic.Small Pox............................................................
Scarlet Fever57112521342322824111............255
Diphtheria911538578375455332......1............1081
MembranousCroup13......22931049........................:12
Typhus Fever............................................................
Enteric Fever1853415117...12l104.........5310
Continued Fever11...............1.........1..................1...
Relapsing Fever............................................................
Puerperal Fever9...l2...6...9.........45............1...8
Cholera............................................................
Erysipelas9...12...645311......3...1...216
Measles79173139374336135862............11776
Whooping Cough5312417317223121302.....................350
Influenza43116103131627432291184121624
Diarrhoea and Dysentery541161212437173710.........142......549
Hydrophobia............................................................
Other Zymotic Diseases6......33...331...11111............6
Total of Zymotic Class433732875131126210223901937012262213721149371
II. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism266271101412...1436543...2816
Cancer and other Tumours114012236323778.........116582713584260
Other Constitutional Diseases16...2419106131......2...............214
Tubercular.Phthisis170491626673987254326854043744114
Other Tubercular Diseases6417613424333129186551.........11152
III. Local.Nervous2465320566111123123431912333624132181367148
Circulatory172512037125289831...792959432112224890
Respiratory340882982131281711698755892955445391761253
Digestive149381933851678251766242815127173788
Urinary61134182243526......321024157442627
Generative12...12...9...12.........56...1......2...10
Locomotory1.........1......1...1...........................1
Integumentary............................................................
IV. Developmental.'Premature Birth and Low Vitality14941114084988611481.....................524120
CongenitalDefects156.........96915...........................213
Old Age1141010542385559...............323881381875
V.Violence6612101832348181276912848...3855
VI.Ill-defined Not Specified31...2......121.........1...1.........12
33............12............11...1......12
Totals21555011904922047681086106949530712590285366235252751204491511