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Wandsworth 1897

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

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Table: 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 differentforms in the various other tables:-TABLE TABLE OFDEATHSduring the year1897,in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District ofPutney;classified according toDiseases,(A)Ages,andLocalities.

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 year1897,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. {Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)mortality from all causes, at subjoined age8.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and uuder 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and uuder 65.65 aud upwards.12345678910111213111516171819202122
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.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.Cholera.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
PUTNEY1880321467470Under 5......2...........................719.........14513684
5 upwds......2......1.....................2......143428870151
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Totals2380321467470Under 5......2...........................719.........14515684
5 upwds......2......1.....................2......14342[???]370154

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The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.

Table: subjected numbers have also to be taken into acccount in judging of the above records of mortality

subjected numbers have also to be taken into acccount in judging of the above records of mortality

Deaths occurring outside the district among persons not belonging thereto.4068141812Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds...................................................23...18
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.6............6Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds...................................................23...18