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Wandsworth 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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District.
Ages at Death. Of the total deaths, 25.2 per cent. were of
infants under 1 year of ago, and 28.7 of persons above the
age of 65 years.
Infantile Death
rate.
This rate was as follows:—
Whole District 127 per 1000 births.
Clapham 131 „ ,,
Putney 129 „ ,,
Streathain 104 „ ,,
Tooting 152
Wandsworth 137 ,, ,,
Registration London 166 „ „
The rate last year was 112 per 1000.
Causes of
Death.
The next table enables a comparison to be
made between 1895 and preceding years as regards the
number of deaths from the various causes. Table VI. gives
fuller information for 1895.