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Wimbledon 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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TABLE 6.
WIMBLEDON URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY.

Table: Table showing Deaths from all causes and at different ages.

Table showing Deaths from all causes and at different ages.

Cause of Death.AGES.
2.3.4.5.6.7.89.10.11.12.13.
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and up wardsTotal.
Classes.
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases211731511121...53
II.—Constitutional Diseases1084461281054...71
III —Developmental Diseases251..................312546
IV.—Local Diseases3118635815252693149
V.—Deaths from Violence1111......111......7
VI.—Deaths from Ill-Defined and Not Specified Causes81...1......14...2...17
Totals964614101621264137288343
I.-Specific Febrile,or Zymotic Diseases
1.—Miasmatic Diseases.
Smallpox—Unvaccinated...............1...............1
Measles171........................9
Scarlet Fever...11........................2
Whooping Cough105...........................15
Diphtheria...2......1..................3
Enteric or Typhoid Fever......1...1...1............3
Influenza............1......111...4
2.—Diarrhœal Diseases.
Diarrhœa, Dysentery102..................1......13
3.—Septic Diseases.
Septicæmia............1..................1
Puerperal Fever.........11...............2
53
II.— Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatism......1......2...............3
Gout...............1...1...1...3
Cancer. Malignant Disease...............12652...16
Tabes Mesenterica3..............................3
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus461........................11
Phthisis.........15541.........16
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula3222...12............12
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocytlæmia...........................1...1
Diabetes Mellitus...............2...2.........4
Other Constitutional Diseases............1..................1
Asthenia.........1.....................1
71
III.—Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth17..............................17
Atelectasis2..............................2
Old Age........................312520
Marasmus61...........................7
46
IV.—Local Diseases.
1.—Disease of Nervous System.
Cerebral Tumour..................1............1
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes...2...........................2
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis........................44...8
Convulsions722............1.........12
Dis. of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans...............1...............1
Locomotor Ataxy............1..................1
Tetanus1..............................1
2.—Diseases of Circulaory System.
Pericarditis..................1............1
Other Diseases of the Heart......21...2464......19
Fatty Degeneration of the Heart..................11......13
Aneurism.....................1.........1
Embolism, Thrombosis........................1...12
Syncope1..................2.........3
3.—Diseases of Respiratory System.
Laryngitis...1...............1.........2
Croup...1...........................1
Asthma.....................1.........1
Bronchitis52...1...1...194124
Pneumonia3421211411...20
4.—Diseases of Digestive System.
Dentition42...........................6
Enteritis10.....................2......12
Obstructive Diseases of Intestine...2..................1......3
Hernia................1............1
Peritonitis...1......1121.........6
Cirrhosis of Liver...............222.........6
Other Diseases of Digestive System.....................1.........1
Sarcoma of Stomach..................1............1
5.—Diseases of Urinary System.
Nephritis........................2......2
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria...1......1......1.........3
Disease of Bladder or of Prostrate..................1............1
Uræmia.....................2......2
6. —Diseases of Reproductive System.
a. Organs of Generation.
Female Organs
Sarcoma of Uterus.....................1.........1
Tumour of Uterus.....................1.........1
V. Deaths from Violfince.149
1.—Accident or Neligence.
Fractures and Contusions.....................11......2
Burn, Scald...1........................1
Suffocation......1.........1............2
2.—Homicide.
Murder1..............................1
3.—Suicide.
Poison.........1.....................1
7
VI.—Deaths from Ill-Defined and Not Specified Causes.
Dropsy...........................1...1
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition81.....................1...10
Gangrene of Lungs.....................1.........1
Abscess.........1.....................1
Hæmorrhage..................13.........4
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