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Wandsworth 1896

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 Tooting.

TABLE II.

Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TOOTING. 1896. DiseasesTotals.Sex.Ages.Institutions.
Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 65 years.65 years A: upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Specia Hospitals.Asylums Hoard Hospitals.
Small Pox..........................
Scarlatina11....11............1
Diphtheria ...
Membranous..........................
TyphusFevers...........................
Enteric11........1..........1
Continued..........................
..........................
Puerperal..........................
Cholera..........................
Erysipelas1..1..........1....1..
Measles0........................
Whooping Cough..........................
Diarrhoea and Dysentery..........................
Rheumatic Fever..........................
Ague..........................
Phthisis..........................
Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy11....11..........1..
Heart Disease312..........1212..
Injuries211..........11..2..
All other Diseases1385213..15467..
Total2213923511877132

22 deaths were recorded, compared with 13 during
the previous year. 7 of the deaths occurred in the
Infirmary of the Wandsworth and Clapham Union, 13
in general and special hospitals within the Metropolis,
and 2 in hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Mortality within
the Sub-district.
Table III. gives the usual mortality statistics
classified according to age, sex and social
position, together with particulars of deaths in public
institutions within the districts, both of parishioners
and non-parishioners.