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Wandsworth 1881

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

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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
PUTNEY
AND
ROEHAMPTON.
Population (Census) 1881
13,221.
Official Population in
middle of the year 1881.
13,312.
Area in Statute Acres-2,176.
Total 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 10 years.
At 10 and under 20
years of age.
At 20, and under 40 years
of age
At 40, and under 60 years
of age.
At 60, and under 80 years
of age.
80 years and upwards.
Nobility and Gentry.
Professional Class, Merchants,
Bankers, &c.
Middle & Trading Class,
Shopmen, Clerks, &c.
Industrial & Labouring
Classes.
DISEASES,
And other Causes of Death.
Classes:—
Small Pox.
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I. Zymotic
Measles
6
4
2
1
5
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1
5
Scarlatina
8
2
6
1
2
3
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i
1
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1
7
Diptheria
1
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1
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1
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1
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Typhoid &
Typhus
Fever
1
1
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1
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1
Remittent
and other
Fevers
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Puerperal
Diseases
3
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3
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3
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1
2
Croup
2
1
1
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..1
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l
1
Whooping
Cough
3
2
1
2
...
1
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l
2
Erysipelas
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Diarrhoea,
Dysentery,
& Cholera
3
2
1
1
2
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1
l
1
OtherZymotic
Diseases
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Totals of Zymotic Class
27
12
15
6
10
5
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5
1
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1
7
19
II. Constitutional
Gout, and
Rheumatism
4
3
1
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...
1
2
...
1
...
...
1
1
2
Cancer&other
Tumours
1
1
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...
1
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1
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Tubercular
17
7
10
3
1
...
1
10
2
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...
2
8
7
III. Local
Nervous
21
12
9
9
3
01
1
...
4
2
1
...
3
8
10
Circulatory
14
7
7
2
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2
2
8
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3
8
3
Respiratory
24
13
11
7
3
1
...
2
1
7
3
i
8
5
10
Digestive
17
8
9
2
4
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...
2
6
3
i
4
6
7
Urinary
2
2
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...
1
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1
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2
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Generative
2
1
1
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2
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1
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Locomotory
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Integumentary
1
1
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1
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1
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[V. Developmental
Premature
Birth,Atrophy,
&c.
18
12
6
18
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1
4
5
8
Old Age
6
3
3
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2
4
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3
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3
v.
Violence
13
10
3
1
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2
5
3
2
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4
9
Totals
167
92
75
48
21
8
5
26
16
32
11
6
30
52
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