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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wimbledon 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE 6.WIMBLEDON URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY. Table Showing Deaths from all causes and at different ages.

TABLE 6.

WIMBLEDON URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY. Table Showing Deaths from all causes and at different ages.

Cause of Death.AGES.
2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 65I 65 to 1 7575 to 8585 andup-wardsTotal.
classe8.
I. Specific Febrile, of Zymotic Diseases152752141232163
II. Parasitic Diseases....................................
III. Dietic Diseases....................................
IV. contitotional diseases847486111365173
V. Developmental Diseases301..................39548
VI. Local Diseases411871078151928201174
VII. Deaths from Violence.........3411............9
VIII. Deaths from Ill-Defined and Not Specified Causes8...............11.........10
Totals1025019192019293540368377
I. - Specific Febrile,or Zymotic Diseases
1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Measles11...........................2
Whooping Cough38...........................11
Diphtheria ......1031.....................16
Enteric or Tvphoid Fever..........l.....................1
Membranous Croup...11........................2
Influenza...31...111222114
2.—Diarrhoea!. Diseases.
Diarrhoea, Dysentery114...........................15
3 —Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas........................1......1
Puerperal Fever...............1...............1
63
IV.—Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart.........l.....................1
Rheumatism.........1.........21.........4
Cancer, Malignant Disease..................8954129
Tabes Mesenterica......1........................1
Tubercular Meningitis Hydrocephalus21l........................4
Phthisis......l182121......16
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula4331...1...............12
Purpura, Hemorrhagic Diathesis.....................1.........1
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus.........1...............1...2
Asthenia2............1............3
73
V.—Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth17..............................17
Atelectasis ..1..............................1
Old Age........................3...517
Marasmus121...........................13
VI.—Local Diseases.48
1.—Diseases of Nervous System. Inflammation of Brain or Membranes2...1l.....................4
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis............11l256...16
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane.........1........................1
Epilepsy.........l.....................1
Convulsions164...........................19
Dis.of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis, Agitans........................1...12
Other Diseases of Nervous. System.....................1.........1
Locomotor Ataxy.....................1.........1
2. — Diseases of Organs of Special Sense, (e.g., of Ear, Eye, Nose)......1........................1
3.—Diseases of Circulatory System.
Pericarditis......1l.....................2
Aortic Regurgitation.........l.....................1
Heart Disease......1221623......16
Fatty Degeneration of the Heart........................11......2
Phlebitis..............................1
Other Diseases of Blood Vessels ..............................1...1
Angina Pectoris........................11...2
Syncope3..............................3
4.—Diseases of Respiratory System.
Laryngitis......l........................1
Croup...1...........................1
Bronchitis83...1...213128...38
Pneumonia710.........133...2...26
5.—Diseases of Digestive System.
Enteritis5..............................5
Obstructive Diseases of Intestine.....................1...1...2
Peritonitis......11.........12......5
Ascites........................1......1
Cirrhosis of Liver............11211......6
Jaundice and other Diseases of Liver..................1...1......2
Other Diseases of the Digestive System1..............................1
Ulceration of the Bowels ...................1............1
Gastritis..................1.........1
6.—Diseases of Lymphatic System, (e.g. of Lymphatics and of Spleen).
7.—Diseases of Gland-like Organs of uncertain use. (e.g., Bronchocele, Addison's Disease).
8.—Diseases of Urinary System).
Nephritis......l......l...1...1...4
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria.........12l...1.........5
Cystitis.....................1.........1
VII.—Deaths from Violence.174
1.—Accident or Negligence.
Burn. Scald.........1.....................1
Poison............1.....................1
Railway Accident.........2l..................3
2.—Suicide.
Cut, Stab............2..................2
Hanging..................1............1
Crushed by Train ..................1...............1
VIII.—Deaths from Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes.9
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition7..............................7
Tumour.....................1.........1
Abscess1...............1............2
10