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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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These additional deaths are exhibited in the following table, which shows the nature of the cause of death, the age and sex of the deceased, and the character of the institution in which they died.
| DISEASE. | Total. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Under 1 | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union I0nfirmary | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. | ||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping-Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. |
| Tubercular Disesases | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 7 | .. |
| Cancer | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. |
| Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1.. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Respiratory Diseases | 6 | 4 | 9 | .. | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. |
| Cireulatory Diseases | 6 | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .. |
| Nervous Diseases | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .. |
| Other Diseases | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .. | |
| Voilence | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Totals | 55 | 24 | 31 | 3 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 34 | 3 |
There were 55 deaths in outlying institutions, 24 were
of males and 31 of females ; 18 took place in the Union
, Infirmary, 34 in general and special hospitals, and 3 in
hospitals set apart for infectious diseases.
When these deaths are added to the 445 deaths, which
occurred in the sub-district, the death-rate is raised to
13.0 per 1,000, instead of 11.6, as it is without these
outlying deaths.
In comparing the death-rate of this and former years,
it should be remembered that only during the last 3
years of the decennium have deaths in outlying institutions
been included in the local death-rate.