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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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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 )

TABLE OFDEATHSduring the Year1897,in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District ofT ooting; classified, according toD iseases A ges, andL ocalities.

Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
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.12346781 910111213141516171819202122
Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous 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)
TOOTING76252422716Under 5........................25....11....1827
5 upwds..............................10414....2149
FOUNTAIN FEVER HOSPITAL,2731016784381Under 5..57117................3..................177
Tooting5 upwds..1975............................1....196
TOOTING HOME3..........3Under 5............................................
5 upwds..............................11......13
..............Under 5............................................
5 upwds............................................
Totals352351693353520Under 5..57117................325....11....18204
5 upwds..1975........................11515....23148
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.1911287Under 5..............................1..........1
5 upwds..........................1..232..2818
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.27810166843105Under 5..57117................3..................177
5 upwds..1974........................112....4101