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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 III.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

STREATHAM.Total deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Population (Census) 21,6071881Males.FemalesUnder 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to in 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 and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Official Population in 40,000 middle of 1889
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.Small Pox..............................
Measles5..514..............1..4
Scarlet Fever11....1....................
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever11..........1..............
Puerperal Fever..............................
Diphtheria633..5....1........114
Whooping Cough95436..............333
Erysipelas1..1............1........1
Diarrhoea, Dy. entry, and Cholera.8538................143
Other Zymotic Diseases.1..1..........1......1....
Totals of Zymotic Class3215171216....211....7916
II Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism321....1....11......21
Cancer & other Tumours18612......114111..756
Other Constitutional Diseases..............................
TubercularPhthisis961511....1l11103..2789
Tabes Mesa963351............135
Hydrocephalus1192362..............41
Scrofula431..3......1....1..3.. <
III. Local.Nervous774433246224102546113030
Circulatory371819....2..510182471511
Respiratoryfin23127....1122583112328
Digestive35161945213614..3..1412
Urinary1394........2263244..
Generative7..7........61........32
Locomotory..............................
Integumenrtary..............................
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality442717431............141425
Congenital Defects Old Age20911............9115..55
V. Violence97221....24......117
VI. Illdefined and Not SpecifiedIlldefined...............................
Not Specified..............................
Totals110228182103501153762113292773143167