[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 9

Wandsworth 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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This table it has been of late years thought

desirable to supplement with one which presents a ten years' history, so to speak, of our district mortality.

DISEASES. And other causes of Death		1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878
Classes:—
1. Zymotic	Small Pox	2	21	15	377	26	9	5	8	26	57	19
	Measles	35	52	46	52	86	55	66	27	88	64	84
	Scarlatina	66	133	352	126	26	2	94	134	86	58	39
	Diphtheria	27	14	12	6	26	11	12	28	15	7	19
	Quinsy	1	...	4	1	2	1	2	...	...	...	1
	Croup	20	22	25	13	18	21	40	26	27	20	39
	Whooping Cough	77	96	51	52	108	74	89	107	126	73	149
	Typhus and other Fevers	66	61	68	54	52	65	48	39	47	64	39
	Erysipelas	12	8	13	22	13	12	20	24	13	13	5
	Metria, Childbirth	21	23	16	13	15	28	34	15	26	20	7
	Carbuncle	...	2	...	2	1	...	1	...	...	...	...
	Influenza	1	...	1	...	...	...	...	...	...	1	...
	Diarrhœa & Choleraic Disease	133	139	148	140	140	126	117	134	159	114	182
Totals of Zymotic Class		461	571	761	858	513	411	528	537	613	419	583
2. Tubercular		382	326	374	423	419	426	469	565	555	514	501
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.		339	353	365	371	341	370	426	455	416	450	503
4. Of the Heart, &c.		124	119	132	152	127	139	146	176	170	204	212
5. Of Respiratory Organs		285	396	411	431	400	543	541	630	561	519	694
6. Digestive Organs		89	93	104	118	87	96	111	136	126	155	150
7. Urinary Organs		25	40	39	20	27	34	26	55	62	63	42
8. Of Organs of Generation		17	13	8	16	9	17	21	13	23	29	19
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.		10	6	4	5	7	10	14	11	14	13	15
10. Of Skin		7	6	3	2	3	4	9	4	5	6	1
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.		154	176	191	145	143	143	168	177	226	212	177
12. Uncertain Seat		64	62	154	69	118	126	77	105	97	101	106
13. Age		107	114	133	125	105	144	106	130	150	126	141
14. Violence		52	64	50	16	87	70	75	68	90	82	75
15. Not Specified		52	54	40	76	35	47	79	34	46	26	56
Totals		2168	2393	2659	2867	2421	2580	2796	3096	3154	2991	3275