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Wandsworth 1890

[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.

TOOTING. Population (Census) 1881 4,851 Population in middle of 1890 5,700 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. _ iAt 40 and under 60 years of age.At 60 and under 80 years of age.8 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
I. Zymotic.Small-pox..............................
Measles11....1..................1
Scarlet Fever..............................
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever1..1........1........1....
Puerperal Fever..............................
Diphtheria..............................
Whooping Cough21111................2..
Erysipelas11..1..................1..
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Cholera33..21................21
Other Zymotic Diseases211..1......1........11
Totals of Zymotic Class107344....11......163
II. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism1..1......1..............1
Cancer & other Tumours211..........11....11..
Other Constitutional Diseases177101..12427..i367
TubercularPhthisis66..1..1211......213
Tabes Messenterica11....1................1..
Hydrocephalus..............................
Scrofula..............................
III. Local.Nervous126691........111..29
Circulatory716....1..132....313
Respiratory201010104....114....1514
Digestive..............................
Urinary..............................
Generative2..2........2........1..1
Locomotory..............................
Integumentary..............................
.IV. Developmental.Premature Birth and Low Vitality5235..................23
Congenital Defects..............................
Old Age927............54..324
V. Violence53221..1....1......23
VI. Illdefined and Not SpecifiedIlldefined11..1....................1
Not Specified..............................
Totals9847513311361092154152952