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 :—
TABLE ( A )
Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | At all 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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup. | Fevees. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, &c. | Heart. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
TOOTING | 76 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 18 | 27 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 4 | 14 | .. | .. | 21 | 49 | ||||||||
FOUNTAIN FEVER HOSPITAL, | 273 | 10 | 167 | 84 | 3 | 8 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | 57 | 117 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 177 |
Tooting | 5 upwds | .. | 19 | 75 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 96 | |||||||
TOOTING HOME | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Totals | 352 | 35 | 169 | 33 | 5 | 35 | 20 | Under 5 | .. | 57 | 117 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 18 | 204 |
5 upwds | .. | 19 | 75 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 5 | 15 | .. | .. | 23 | 148 | ||||||||
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. | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 8 | 18 | ||||||||
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 278 | 10 | 166 | 84 | 3 | 10 | 5 | Under 5 | .. | 57 | 117 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 177 |
5 upwds | .. | 19 | 74 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 101 |