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Wandsworth 1889

[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. gives particulars as to the number, causes, ages, and social
position of those who have died.

TABLE II.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

CLAP HAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.AgeSocial Position.
Population (caucus) 188136,380Males.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 Classes, Merchants &c.Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen Clerks. Arc.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Official Population in Middle of 188945,990
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. ZymoticSmall Pox..............................
Measles11741..1..............38
Scarlet Fever22..11..................2
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever42......211........13
Puerperal Fever2..2......11............2
Diphtheria1711611132........1..411
Whooping Cough1587213..............249
Erysipelas..............................
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Cholera11389........11....119
Other Zymotic Diseases413......1..1..........4
Totals of Zymotic Class663432143466..31..141348
II Constitutional. .'Gout and Rheumatism615........132..1212
Other Constitutional....13........181113189
Diseases.2111......1..........11
TubercularPhthisis4629171....721122....81622
Tabes mesa96371..1............54
Hydrocephalus....410..1..............49
Serfula1..1..........1..........1
III. LocalNervous74284616411..113744102133
Circulatory561937......2..182556121522
Respiratory1054560222521712306452967
Digestive189921....14911369
Urinary15114......1..4612261
Generative1..1........1............1
Locomotory11............1..........1
Integumentary..............................
IV . Development.Premature Birth and Low Vitality50282250..................730
Congenital Defects..............................
Old Age37829............191835101
V. Violence139461......6......211
VI. Ill defined and Not Specified.Ill defined..............................
Not Specified..............................
Totals534246288129711019448314236256014330