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Wimbledon 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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Table: TABLE 7.WIMBLEDON URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY.Table showing Deaths from all causes and at different ages.

TABLE 7.

WIMBLEDON URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY.

Table showing Deaths from all causes and at different ages.

CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.
2345678910111213
0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwdsTotals.
Classes.
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases302142255471283
II.—Dietic Diseases...............1...21......4
III.—Constitutional Diseases25777671491166
IV.—Developmental Diseases371..................1101059
V.—Local Diseases61291371020325149243299
VI.—Deaths from Violence121...1145.........15
VII.—Deaths from III-Defined and Not Specified Causes25...1...313............33
Totals15658261623345176673616559
I.—Specific Febrile, or Zymotic Diseases.i. —Miasmatic Diseases.
Measles5111........................17
Whooping Cough41...........................5
Diphtheria...631.....................10
Enteric or Typhoid Fever.........1...22............5
Influenza...1.........32371219
2. —Diarrhœal Diseases.
Simple Cholera2..................1.........3
Diarrhoea. Dysentery172...........................19
3.— Venereal Diseases.
Syphilis1..............................1
4.—Septic Diseases.
Erysipelas1.........2..................3
Pyæmia, Septicæmia..................1............1
II.—Dietic Diseases.
Chronic Alcoholism...............1...21......4
III.—Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart......1...............1......2
Rheumatism..................1............1
Cancer, Malignant Disease...............151051...22
Tabes Mesenterica...1...........................1
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus132........................6
Phthisis112663......1......20
Other forms of Tuberculosis, Scrofula......1...12...1.........5
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia......11.........11......4
Glycosuria, Diabetes Mellitus..................121...15
IV.—Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth20..............................20
Old Age........................1101021
Marasmus171...........................18
V.—Local Diseases.1.—Diseases of Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes...62...1......1.........10
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis.........1...23252...15
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane..................21.........3
Epilepsy...............1...............1
Convulsions45...........................9
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)...41........................5
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans............12...............3
Other Diseases of Nervous System1............1...............2
2.—Diseases of Circulatory System.
Pericarditis......1........................1
Acute Endocarditis...............1...............1
Valvular Diseases of Heart......22......264......16
Other Diseases of Heart3...13...126113131
Aneurism..................13.........4
Embolism, Thrombosis..................1............1
3. — Diseases of Respiratory System.
Emphysema, Asthma..................2211...6
Bronchitis741......141058242
Pneumonia2483...563345...61
Pleurisy..................2...11...4
4. —Diseases of Digestive System.
Dentition21...........................3
Diseases of Stomach2.........11...41......9
Enteritis121............1...1......15
Obstructive Diseases of Intestine1...............1222...8
Peritonitis......111...1............4
Cirrhosis of Liver..................533......11
Jaundice and other Diseases of Liver2............1.........1...4
Other Diseases of Digestive System.....................1.........1
3.—Diseases of Gland-like Organs of Uncertain Use.
(e.g.. Bronchocele, Addison's Disease)........................1......1
6.—Diseases of Urinary System.
Nephritis1...1.........124......9
Bright's Disease, Albuminuria.....................441...9
Disease of Bladder or of Prostate...............1................1
Other Diseases of the Urinary System.....................11......2
7.—Diseases of Reproductive System. a. Of Organs of Generation.
Female Organs...............1...............1
b. Of Parturition.
Placenta prævia, Flooding............1..................1
8. —Diseases of Bones and fowls.
Caries, Necrosis..................1............1
9.—Diseases of Integumentary System.
Carbuncle, Phlegmon...............1...............1
Other Diseases of Integumentary System2.....................1......3
VI.—Deaths from Violence.1.—Accident or Negligence.
Fractures and Contusions......1.........41.........6
Burn, Scald...1...........................1
Suffocation11.........1...............3
2.—Suicide.
Gunshot Wounds.....................1.........1
Cut, Stab.....................1.........1
Poison.....................1.........1
Hanging............1......1.........2
VII—Deaths from Ill-Defined and not Specified Causes.
Debility, Atrophy, Inanition25..............................25
Tumour............1...1............2
Abscess......1...112............5
Hæmorrhage............1..................1