[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 14

Wandsworth 1886

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

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Causes of Mortality. The relative number of deaths from the
Various diseases, zymotic diseases being
given in greater detail, are stated in Table VI. In the
following table, these are compared with the corresponding
deaths of the ten previous years.

Table: TABLE VIII.Showing the total number of deaths and their causes registered in the entire District, during the eleven years 18 76 -86, with the relative numbers of each class of disease.

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TABLE VIII.

Showing the total number of deaths and their causes registered in the entire District, during the eleven years 18 76 -86, with the relative numbers of each class of disease.

DISEASES, And other causes of Death		1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886
Class:
	Small Pox	26	57	19	4	3	37	1	..	9	5	..
	Measles	88	64	84	125	59	134	115	133	182	140	124
	Scarlatina	86	58	39	134	173	100	119	65	47	11	21
	Diphtheria	15	7	19	17	19	18	51	63	43	29	b2
	WhoopingCough	126	73	149	148	123	105	163	133	145	178	213
	Typhus and other fevers	47	64	39	62	44	37	49	52	58	41	39
1 Zymotic	Diarrhœa &Choleraic Disease	159	114	182	94	213	149	117	158	239	193	230
	Erysipelas	13	13	5	13	10	15	18	10	28	17	24
	Metria, Childbirth	26	20	7	28	23	29	19	25	24	23	13
	Carbuncle	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	..
	Influenza	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Quins		,.	1	..	1		1	..
Croup Other Zymotic Diseases		27	20	39	40	19	18	3!	60	38	1	5
Totals of Zymotic Class		613	491	583	665	687	642	687	699	817	638	701
2. Gout and Rheumatism		14	13	15	8	15	25	25	25	24	32	28
3. Cancer & other Tumors		97	101	106	91	110	118	144	114	148	105	117
4. Other Constitutional Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	23	26
5. Tubercular Diseases		555	514	501	513	625	557	521	654	715	664	662
6. Nervous		316	450	503	474	464	510	539	574	602	594	627
7. Circulatory		170	204	212	203	193	245	251	255	269	278	298
8. Respiratory		561	519	694	891	657	695	850	829	758	982	952
9. Digestive		126	155	150	117	155	208	195	234	227	186	215
10. Urinary		62	63	42	74	66	70	89	99	80	81	97
11. Generative		23	29	19	25	20	35	32	30	35	42	33
12. Locomotory		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	11	23
13. Integumentary		5	6	1	3	8	3	9	10	3	9	6
14. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Malformation, &c.		226	212	177	170	266	232	234	241	304	259	299
15. Old Age		150	126	141	141	136	120	153	185	154	171	192
16. Violence		90	82	75	83	96	113	104	94	111	97	100
17. Ill Defined and Not Specified)		46	26	56	68	95	44	18	40	19	21	22
Totals		3154	2991	3275	3526	3593	3647	3851	4083	4266	4193	4398

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Table: TABLE VIII.Showing the total number of deaths and their causes registered in the entire District, during the eleven years 18 76 -86, with the relative numbers of each class of disease.