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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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:—
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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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria | Membranous 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
PUTNEY | 258 | 61 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 92 | 70 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | .. | 1 | 57 | 79 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 71 | 179 | ||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Totals | 268 | 61 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 92 | 70 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | .. | 1 | 57 | 79 |
5upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 19 | 40 | 22 | 14 | 71 | 179 | ||||||||
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. | 51 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 15 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 47 | |||||||||
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 12 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 9 | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 6 | 12 |