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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 I.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

WANDSWORTH. Population (Census) 1881 28,004. Official Population m middle of 1890 45,284. CAUSES OF DEATH.Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Posiiion.
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.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
I. Zymotic.Small-pox..............................
Measles4730176392............1442
Scarlet Fever..............................
Typhus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever523..1..1..3........23
Puerperal Fever2..2........2............1
Diphtheria1019153....1..........9
Whooping Cough3514211718..............2102
Erysipelas22..1........1........124
Diarrhœa, Dysentery, Cholera371819305......11....5923
Influenza7162........5........16
Totals of Zymotic Class14568775768512111....827110
II. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism1368......14152..184
Cancer & other Tumours24717........21110113812
Other Constitutional Diseases1111092................29
TubercularPhthisis692841841425234..131352
Tabes Mesenterica17891241............1511
Hydrocephalus12573711..........156
Scrofula11....1................1..
III. LocalNervous10355481818151020283373261
Circulatorv40162421..1107145..41620
Respiratory17785924336318275186446121
Digestive422121112126812..141324
Urinary17512......11510..1..610
Generative6..6........6........123
Locomot.ory2..2........11....11....
Integumentary1..11....................1
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth, and Low Vitality412120365................932
Congenital Defects136713..............1..66
Old Age24519............9153..174
V. Violence27121563136611..1521
VI. Ill-defined and Not specifiedIll-defined11............1......1....
Not specified1..11....................1
Totals787350437220151142081121145351840221508