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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 1895

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

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56
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

Table: TABLE II.Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE II.

Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

SexAgeInstitutions
DISEASES.Total.Males.Females.Under 1.From 1 to 6o.6o and upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospital.
Diphthe..................
Small P..................
Scarlet Fever1..1..1......1
Typhus Fever..................
Enteric Fever211..2....11
Whooping Cough..................
Measles..................
Other Zymotic Diseases..................
Tubercular Diseases817..7126..
Cancer422..31..4..
Rheumatism..................
Respiratory Diseases532..4141..
Circulatory Diseases1073..3773..
Nervous Diseases532..3223..
Other diseases16610268110..
Violence..................
5123232292026232

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General
Mortality.
In Table III. all deaths which occurred in the
sub-district are tabulated in the manner previously followed
under the headings of sex, age, and social position.
Ages at Death.
During the year 61 deaths were registered of
Infants under 12 months. This is equivalent to 23.6 per
cent of the total number. Under five years the proproportion
of deaths was 30 6 per cent of the total
number.