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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 I. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

WANDSWORTH. Population 46,720 (Census), 1891 Official Population 49,032 in middle of 1892Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. Ac., in the Sub.District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
Males.FemalesUnder 1 year. __ _____From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 and under 45 years.From 45 and under 65 years.From 65 and under 75 years.75 and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class. Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen. Clerks,&cIndustrial and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
I. Zymotic.Small Pox..............................
Srarlet Fever5321121..........131
Diphtheria20911..182................20
Membranous Croup63315..............1..6
ryphus Fever..............................
Enteric Fever..............................
Continued Fever1..1....1............1....
Relapsing Fever..............................
Puerperal Fever2..2........2............2
Cholera..............................
Erysipelas10644..1..13..11..27
Measles3016148211............1524
Whooping Cough28141416111..............424
Influenza4418262211614612131030
Diarrhœa & Dysentery Hydrophobia412616354......1..112731
Other Zymotic Diseases..............................
Totals of Zymotic Class18795926762929186143931144
II Constitutional.Gout and Rheumatism615........141..1..23
Cancer & other Tumours291118........21944431210
Other Constitutional Diseases1961314......32....11116
T ulber. cular.Phthisis682929642162113..2321637
Other Tubercular Diseases29131613131..2..........1118
III. Local./Nervous123646916127528252285123670
Circulatory6728291....110201312651729
Respiratory144717331254121262214753993
Digestive34161892..24845..41119
Urinary361521....11511153411318
Generative918..1..161........18
Locomotory..............................
Integumentary11••••1..................1
IV. Developmental.Pre mature Birth andLow Vitality66282755..................1639
Congenital Defects6325..................23
Old Age261412............62032615
V. Violence1899511191....12411
VI. Illdefined & Not SpecifiedIlldefined1..11..................1
NotSpecified1..11....................1
Totals838405433224121252412114893823846218536