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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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TABLE(A)

tTABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1896, in the Wandsworth Sub-District of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Wandsworth; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
(Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) (a)Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.RelapsingPuerperal.
(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
Middlesex Lunatic Asylum108....336735Under 5............................................
5 upwds..............................1484..181108
Royal Hospital for Incurables9........36Under 5............................................
5 upwds............................2..13....39
St. Peter's Hospital5..........5Under 5............................................
5 upwds................................12....25
The Prison7......151Under 5............................................
5 upwds..............................111..317
The Cottage Home1..........1Under 5............................................
5 upwds........................................11
Patriotic Asylum for Girls..............Under 5............................................
5 upwds............................................
The Boys' Home..............Under 5............................................
5 upwds............................................
The Workhouse105......14Under 5........................................55
5 upwds................................14......5
Rest of the Sub-District7462461451925175136Under 5..361............156524221544110158391
5 upwds....2....4....1..22127425671515145355
Totals8862511452229251188Under 5..361............156524221544110163396
5 upwds....2....4....1..22129576885519233490

The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.

Deaths occurring outside the division or district among persons belonging thereto.20524264969Under 5..93................629....2......1950
5 upwds..31..........1..2......11827261372155
Deaths occurring within the division or dis trict among persons not belonging thereto.1456..367852Under 5......................................156
5 upwds............................2151215..788139