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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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TABLE II. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

CLAPHAM.Population (Census), 1891 43,698 Estimated Population in middle of 1894. 46,380Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Males.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, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, Ac.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.Small Pox..............................
Scarlet Fever11....1..................1
Diphtheria15510294..............411
Membranous Croup..............................
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever541......131......212
Continued Fever1..1......1............1..
Relapsing Fever..............................
Puerperal Fever..............................
Cholera..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Measles17116314................314
Whooping Cough1266661..............111
Influenza112911..4311..155
Diarrhoea & Dysentery117463..........2....29
Hydrophobia..............................
Other Zymotic Diseases...............................
Totals of Zymotic Class7336371733627413..31763
II. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism624..1122..........24
Cancer & other Tumours401129........72085..61717
Other Constitutional Diseases..............................
Tubercular.Phthisis4924251....9251211..11231
Other Tuberculin Diseases ,.1789951..11........611
III. Local.Nervous53203310411415108331829
Circulatory612427....3312413775182
Respiratory88404820131341682323236
Digestive3813259..217956191117
Urinary1394........32441165
Generative..............................
Locomotory..............................
Integumentory..............................
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality41311041..................83
Congenital Defects6246....................6
Old Age1037..............101324
V. Violence12662....12..16..129
VI. Ill-defined & not SpecifiedIll-defined1..11....................1
Not Specified312........11..1....12
Totals5012302711165015226410451731535143308