[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 48

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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TABLE I.

WEST BATTERSEA Population (Census) 1881 52,587 Official Population in middle of June, 1886 67,265 CAUSES OF DEATH.			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.	obility and Gent r	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	\| Industrial and Labouring \ Classes.
				I. Zymotic. a	Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles		26	14		12	4	21	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	6	19
Scarlet Fever		5	2		3	..	5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	4
Typhus Fever		..	..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Enteric Fever		13	6		7	..	2	..	2	4	4	1	..	..	..	5	8
Puerperal Fever		1	..		1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..
Diphtheria		3	2		1	..	2	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
Whooping Cough		42	16		26	24	17	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	39
Erysipelas		6	3		3	..	..	..	1	..	2	3	..	..	..	1	5
Diarihœa, Dysentery, and Cholera		70	41		29	54	7	..	..	4	1	3	1	..	2	9	59
Other Zymotic Diseases		..	..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals of Zymotic Class			166	84	82	82	54	2	4	9	7	7	1	1	5	23	137
n. Constitutional.	Gont and Rheumatism.		13	10	3	..	..	1	1	4	1	5	1	..	..	2	11
	Cancer & other Tumours		33	15	18	..	1	..	..	4	15	13	..	2	..	5	26
	Other Constitutional Diseases		5	2	3	..	1	..	2	..	9	..	..	..	1	..	4
	rTubercular	Phthisis	114	61	53	1	1	1	15	49	35	11	1	1	4	11	98
		Tabes Mesa	92	43	49	70	13	..	9	5	2	..	..	2	2	10	78
		Hydrocephalus	23	14	9	9	9	3	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	2	21
		Scrofula	8	6	2	7	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	6
III. .Local.	Nervous		169	89	80	54	19	1	3	9	28	48	7	5	8	16	140
	Circulatory		104	53	51	4	..	2	3	6	37	46	6	3	&	11	85
	Respiratory		315	153	162	84	54	4	5	16	46	91	15	10	8	40	257
	Digestive		69	34	35	14	3	2	4	4	24	18	..	3	6	16	44
	Urinary		21	10	11	..	..	1	..	5	9	5	1	2	1	2	16
	Generative		11	..	11	..	..	..	..	9	9	..	..	..	..	..	11
	Locomotory		18	11	7	4	..	1	3	3	3	4	..	..	..	2	l6
	Integumentary		6	1	5	..	1	1	..	..	1	3	..	..	1	..	5
IV. Developmental.		Premature Birth and Low Vitality	61	36	25	60	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	57
		Congenital Defects	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			74	29	45	..	..	..	..	..	..	39	35	2	1	8	63
V. Violence			35	25	10	7	..	2	3	14	5	4	..	..	..	1	34
VI. Illdefmed and ( Illdefined Not Specified ( Not Specified			11	6	5	6	..	3	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	2	9
			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Totals			1348	682	666	402	157	25	46	138	219	294	67	31	42	157	118

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Wandsworth 1886

Table: TABLE I.

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