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Wandsworth 1883

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

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TABLE III,

Showing the total number of deaths and their causes registered in the entire District, during the eleven years 1873-83, with the relative numbers of each class of disease,

DISEASES, And other causes of Death18731874187518761877187818791880188118821883
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox95326571943371..
Measle55662788648412559134115133
Scarlatina99413486583913417310011965
Diphtheria111228157191719185163
Whooping Cough748910712673149148123105163133
Typhus and otherfevers6548394764396244374952
Diarrhœa & Choleric Disease12611713415911418294213149117158
Erysipelas122024131351310151810
Metria, Childbirth283415262072823291925
Carbuncle..1..............3..
Influenza........1............
Quinsy12......1..1..1..
Croup2140262720394019183160
Totals of Zymotic Class411528537613491583665687642687699
2. Tubercular426469565555514501513625557521654
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.370426455416450503474464540539574
4. Of the Heart, &c.139146176170204212203193245251255
5. Of Respiratory Organs543541630561519694891657695850829
6. Digestive Organs96111136126155150117155208195234
7. Urinary Organs3426556263427466708999
8. Of Organs of Gene- ration1721132329192520353230
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.101411141315815252525
10. Of Skin494561383910
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.143168177226212177170266232234241
12. Dropsy, Cancer, and others of Uncertain Seat126771059710110691110118144114
13. Age144106130150126141141136120153185
14. Violence707568908275839611310494
15. Not Specified4779344626566895441840
Totals25802796309631542991327535263593364738514083