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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 1890

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: Table III.gives particulars as to causes of death of inhabitants of the parish who have died outside its borders. There were 91 deaths registered; 50 in the Union Infirmary, 26 in the General and Special Hospitals and 12 in the Hospitals of the Asylums Board, and 3 from accidents before reaching hospital. Including these 91 deaths the death-rate becomes 15.9.

Table III.

gives particulars as to causes of death of inhabitants of the parish who have died outside its borders. There were 91 deaths registered; 50 in the Union Infirmary, 26 in the General and Special Hospitals and 12 in the Hospitals of the Asylums Board, and 3 from accidents before reaching hospital. Including these 91 deaths the death-rate becomes 15.9.

DISEASES.Sex.Age.Institutions.
TotalMales.Females.Under 1.1 to 60.60 and upwards.Union Infirmary.General & Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
Small Pox..................
Scarlet Fever321..3......3
Diphtheria211..2....2..
Enteric Fever11....1....1..
Whooping Cough2..2..2..2....
Measles1..11....1....
Other Zymotic Diseases..................
Tubercular Diseases1394110275..
Cancer514..4114..
Rheumatism1. .1....11....
Respiratory Diseases145917686..
Circulatory Diseases743..5243..
Nervous Diseases17116188917
Other Diseases2011926121631
Violence541..4111..
Totals91494265233502612

Table: Of the total deaths the proportion in age groups was as follows:—

Of the total deaths the proportion in age groups was as follows:—

Under 5 years38.7 per Ceat.
From 5 to 60 years31.6 „
Over 60 years29.7 „