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Wandsworth 1885

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

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TABLE II.

PUTNEY AND ROEHAMPTON. Population (Census) 1881 13.221. Official Population in middle of the year 1885 14,830.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.From 10 to 20 years.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 and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.Small-pox..............................
Measles431..31..................
Scarlet Fever................................
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever532......13..1..1112
Puerperal Fever..............................
Diphtheria3..3..21............1..2
Whooping Cough11..1....................1
Erysipelas..............................
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Cholera44..4................1..3
Other Zymotic Diseases11..1....................1
Totals of Zymotic Class181266521....1..13113
II. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism11..............1....1....
Cancer & Other Tumours844........116....5i2
Other Constitutional Diseases2..21............1......2
TubercularPhthisis199103..11941......514
Tabes Mesa..............................
Hydrocephalus62423..1..........132
Scrofula..............................
III. LOCAL.Nervous261611153....235..11816
Circulatory171252....2....1115336
Respiratory2914156..1..348212620
Digestive13761..1• •254..1147
Urinary642....1... .41....231
Generative1..1............1..1......
Locomotory..............................
Integumentary1..1....................••..
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality6336................132
Congenial Defects3213..................12
Old Age743............432113
V. Violence44..........22........22
VI Ill defined and Not Specified..............................
Not Specified..............................
Totals1679374431665242543712214193