Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896
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Parish of Streatham.
They respectively equalled 28.5, 37.9, and 45.8 per cent.
of deaths at all ages.
senile Decay. From senile decay 47 deaths were recorded.
Of these, 23 were males and 24 females, yielding a percentage
of 7.6 upon deaths from all causes.
The total number of deaths at 65 years of age and
upwards was 163, of these 123 were over 70 ; 34 were
80 and upwards. Below is a tabulated statement of
deaths at high ages. They formed 19.9 per cent.of
deaths at all ages.
Age. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
At 70 and under 75 | 22 | 21 | 43 |
75 „ „ 80 | 19 | 46 | |
80 „ „ 85 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
.. | .. | .. | |
inquests 37 cases were submitted to the Coroner, who
deemed it necessary to hold inquests in 26 instances,
and the following are the verdicts of the respective
juries: —