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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 III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

STREATHAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAge.Social Position.
Population Census, 180142,958Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 & under 45 years.From 45 & under 65 years.From 65 & under 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.
Official Population in middle of 189245,000
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. ZYMOTIC.Small Pox............................
Scarlet Fever22....1......1......1..
Diphtheria624..141..........11
Membranous Croup11......1..............1
Typhus Fever............................
Enteric Fever321......2....1......1
Continued Fever............................
Relapsing Fever............................
Puerperal Fever2..2........2..........1
Cholera............................
Erysipelas22........1..1..........
Measles211295142..............4
Whooping Cough18612117..............17
Influenza361223..1..12118127212
Diarrhœa & Dysentery1596112........11..33
Hydrophobia............................
Other Zymotic Diseases11..........1........
Totals of Zymotic Class106495727267551310137830
II. Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism22..........11........1
Cancer & other Tumours31625........312115838
Other Constitutional Diseases2..22....................
Tubercular.Phthisis251213..116107....1..11
Other Tubercular Diseases178982222..1....26
III. Local.Nervous7238341610..24171674626
Circulatory352114....31751274318
Respiratory111565516191161731207724
Digestive321814101..17391346
Urinary19145....111592442
Generative5..5......23........21
Locomotory6241..3..1....11..1
Integumentary............................
IV. Developmental.Premature Birth and Vitality45222345................17
Congenital Defects11..1....................
Old Age402515............535867
V. ViolenceAccident65122......2........3
Suicide312......11....1..2..
VI. Illdefined & Not SpecifiedIlldefined............................
Not Specified............................
Totals5582802781286118225182104924748151