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Wandsworth 1891

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

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The following Table exhibits the annual number of
deaths that resulted from non-zymotic diseases during the
eleven years 1880-91, with the increase or decrease of
deaths in 1891 compared with the annual average
number in 1881-90 raised in proportion to increase of
population:—

Table: TABLE VII.COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.

TABLE VII.

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.

Causes of Death.188118821883188418851886188718881889189018911891
No above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
Constitutional.Tubercular5169648590871111147299107..8
Other Constitutional1919201828303230324831..6
Local.Nervous12110611612814515111511290103104..35
Circulatory2828252236463245264.639..3
Respiratory908769701011351101288717720167..
Digestive28283547223030343142519..
Urinary4201315122617221717222..
Generative..4..364255694 5..
Locomotory21..22..1..2225..
Integumentary..1....3....1..1..==
Developmental.Premature372723403745384136546618..
Birth
Malformation
Low Vitality
Age2727334234323625332427..10
Violence2018322115171323152724..16
Ill-defined or41......324122....
Not specified

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The next Table shews the proportion per cent. which
the total deaths, as well as those that resulted from
zymotic diseases, bore in relation to the social position
of the deceased during the past year in comparison with
the average proportion of the previous ten years. By a