[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 54

Wandsworth 1888

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

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Table: TABLE III.STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

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TABLE III.STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

WANDSWORTH. Population (Census) l881 28,004 Official Population in middle of 1888 33,963		Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &., in the Sub-District.	Sex.		Age.								Social Position.
			Mlales.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 15 years.	From 15 to 25 years.	At 25 and under 35 years of age.	At 35 and under 55 years of age.	At 55 and under 75 years of age.	75 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.			Mlales.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 15 years.	From 15 to 25 years.	At 25 and under 35 years of age.	At 35 and under 55 years of age.	At 55 and under 75 years of age.	75 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
I. Zymotic.	Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Measles	39	16	28	12	27	..	..	....	..	..	..	..	2	7	30
	Scarlet Fever	4	2	2	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	3
	Typhus Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Enteric Fever	5	..	5	..	..	2	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	5
	Puerperal Fever	1	..	1	....	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Diphtheria	5	2	3	1	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
	Whooping Cough	40	19	21	17	23	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	4	34
	Erysipelas	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and Cholera	32	17	15	26	5	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	4	4	24
	Other Zymotic Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Totals of Zymotic Class	127	56	71	59	60	3	..	2	2	1	..	..	9	15	103
II. Constitutional.	Gout, and Rheumatism	10	7	3	..	..	1	1	2	2	4	..	..	1	4	5
	Cancer & other Tumours	15	2	13	..	..	..	..	1	6	8	..	2	1	8	4
	Other Constitutional Diseases ..........	0	2	3	2	1	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	4
	Phthisis	70	32	44	11	7	..	4	32	1 4	8	..	1	3	13	59
	Tabes Mesenterica..	28	22	6	20	7	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	25
	Hydrocephalus____	10	0	0	4	3	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	8
	Scrofula	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
III. Local.	Nervous	112	66	46	16	16	1	..	18	29	30	2	2	10	25	75
	Circulatory	45	24	21	1	..	1	2	4	14	21	2	2	7	10	26
	Respiratory	128	128	57	28	36	1	• •	l6	9	35	3	3	4	27	94
	Digestive	34	12	22	7	1	..	1	6	9	9	1	3	1	16	14
	Urinary	22	15	7	..	1	2	2	2	4	10	1	..	..	7	l5
	Generative	5	..	5	..	..	..	..	4	1	..	..	..	..	1	4
	Locomotory	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	\ Integumentary	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	..
IV. Develop •	Premature Birth, Low Vitality, and Congenital Defects Old Age	41	21	20	41	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	5	35
IV. Develop •		25	8	17	..	..	..	..	..	..	15	10	3	3	9	10
V.	Violence	23	14	9	9	1	..	3	1	7	2	••	••	..	6	17
I. 11	definedand Ill-defined. Not specified (Not specified	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2 1	..	..	..	..	3 1
	Totals	711	361	350	198	133	11	15	89	99	147	19	16	41	152	502