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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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The following two tables, A and B, are inserted at the request of the medical officer of the Local Government Board to ensure a uniform method of classification over the entire Kingdom. The same information is given under different

forms in the various other tables:—

table TABLE OFDEATHSduring the Year1895,in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District ofPutney;classified according toDiseases( A ) Ages,andLocalities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Column for Population and Births are in Table B.)mortality from all causes. at Subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At nil Ages... Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
PUTNEY25861135129270Under 5....2................1..10....117..15779
5 upwds..........2....1................1940221471179
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Totals26861185129270Under 5....2..........1....1........117..15779
5upwds..........2..............10....1940221471179
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto.5124232515Under 5..1......................1............24
5 upwds..........2....1........1....4772547
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.12....219..Under 5............................................
5 upwds..................................2..4612