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Wandsworth 1880

[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. of the Appendix gives the entire mortality
statistics of the year.

For the sake of comparison, however, we have the total mortality from each cause set side by side in the Table now presented.

DISEASES, And other causes of Death18701871187218731874187518761877187818791880
Classes:—
1. ZymoticSmall Pox153772695326571943
Measles46528655662788648412559
Scarlatina35212626994134865839134173
Diphtheria12626111228157191719
Quinsy41212.........1...1
Croup2513182140262720394019
Whooping Cough5152108748910712673149148123
Typhus and other Fevers6854526548394764396244
Erysipelas132213122024131351310
Metria, Childbirth161315283415262072823
Carbuncle...21...1..................
Influenza1..................1.........
Diarrhoea & Choleraic Disease14814014012611713415911418294213
Totals of Zymotic Class751858513411528537613491583665687
2. Tubercular374423419426469565555514501513625
3. Of Brain, Nerves, &c.365371341370426455416450503474464
4. Of the Heart, &c.132152127139146176170204212203193
5. Of Respiratory Organs411431100543541630561519694891657
6. Digestive Organs1041188796111136126155150117155
7. Urinary Organs3920273426556263427466
8. Of Organs of Gene ration81691721132329192520
9. Of Joints, Bones, &c.457101411141315815
10. Of Skin32349456138
11. Premature Birth, Low Vitality, Mal-formation, &c.191145143143168177226212177170266
12. Uncertain Seat5469118126771059710110691110
13. Age133125105144106130150126141141136
14. Violence5056877075689082758396
16. Not Specified407635477934 30964626566895
Totals2659286724212580279631542991327585263593