Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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seen that the following were the percentage of the total
deaths
Under 5 years 37.9 per cent.
From 5 to 60 years 32.6 „
Over 60 years 29.5 „
Infantile
Death-rate.
The number of deaths of infants under 1
year was 147, and the rate per thousand births
(that is per thousand infants living under 1 year of age)
was 128, compared with 149 in 1890.
Social
Position.
The proportion of deaths in the various social
grades was as follows: —
Nobility and Gentry 3.5 per cent.
Professional Classes 7.0 „
Middle and Trading Classes 27.7 ,,
Industrial and Labouring Classes 61.8 ,,
1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | |
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Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 22 |
Small-pox | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 15 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 32 |
Scarlet Fever | 26 | 8 | 3 | .. | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Diphtheria | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
Enteric Fever | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Whooping-Cough | 17 | 16 | 15 | 25 | 34 | 25 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 20 |
Epidemic Diarrhœa | 4 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 12 |
Other Zymotic Diseases | 7 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Total deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 81 | 112 | 95 | 61 | 84 | 100 | 84 | 64 | 67 | 96 |
Zymotic Death-rate | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.49 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.53 | 2.19 |
Death-rate from all Diseases | 14.5 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 13.88 | 13.63 |