[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)] page 104

Wandsworth 1892

[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 of the number, causes of death, ages, and
social position of those who have died:—

Table: TABLE II. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

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TABLE II. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

CLAPHAM. Population (Census), 1991 43,698 Official Population in middle of 1892 44,711				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 15 years.	From 15 to 25 years.	From 25 to 45 years.	From 45 to 65 years.	From 65 to 75 years.	75 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, & c.	Middle and Trading Class Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
					Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 15 years.	From 15 to 25 years.	From 25 to 45 years.	From 45 to 65 years.	From 65 to 75 years.	75 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, & c.	Middle and Trading Class Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.	CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.	Small Pox				..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Scarlet Fever			2	1	1	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
	Diphtheria			9	4	5	..	4	4	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	5
	Membranous Croup			2	1	1	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
	iypnus Fever			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Enteric Fever			6	3	3	..	..	1	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	4
	Continued Fever			1	1	..	..	l	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
	Relapsing Fever			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Puerperal Fever			1	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Cholera			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Erysipelas			2	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	2
	Measles			20	10	10	3	16	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	18
	Whooping Cough			26	7	19	8	18	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	8	17
	Influenza			27	13	14	1	3	1	..	3	7	8	4	1	..	8	14 8
	Diarrhoea & Dysentiry			12	7	5	10	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	9	2	14 8
	Hydrophobia ..			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	other Zymotic Diseases			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Totals of Zymotic Class			108	49	59	23	45	6	4	7	10	8	5	1	8	27	72
11. Constitutional.	Gout and Rheumatism			8	3	5	..	..	..	..	1	5	..	..	..	..	..	5
	Cancer & other Tumourt			20	5	21	..	..	1	..	5	14	4	2	..	..	6	15 1
	Other Constitutional Diseases			1	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	15 1
	Tubercular.	Phthisis		61	28	33	..	2	6	8	..	11	..	..	..	6	15	40
		Other Tubercular		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
		Diseases		29	17	12	10	11	3	3	1	..	1	..	..	1	5	23
III. Local.	Nervous			54	21	33	15	1	1	1	5	11	10	10	7	1	15	31
	Circulatory			62	33	29	1	1	3	3	8	20	17	9	3	9	20	30
	Respiratory			116	62	54	19	16	1	3	8	27	27	15	4	0	27	76
	Digestive			36	18	18	14	2	..	..	2	4	9	5	2	5	10	19
	Urinary			16	8	8			1	..	5	4	3	3	2	3	3	8
	Generative			2	..	2	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Locomotory			1	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Integumentary			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
IV. Developmental.	Premature Birth and			..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Low Vitality J			50	28	22	50	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4	11	35
	Congenital Defects			1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
	Old Age			14	3	11	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	13	2	2	3	7
V. Violence			Accident	17	8	9	5	3	..	..	1	..	4	..	..	..	..	12
			Suicide	4	3	1	..	..	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
			Homicide	3	..	3	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
VI.Illdefined& Not Specified			Illdefined	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
VI.Illdefined& Not Specified			Not Specified	..	••	2	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Totals				611	288	323	143	81	22	23	83	109	86	64	22	58	147	384

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Table: TABLE II. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.