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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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100
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
TABLE 11.

Table: Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.

Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.

WANDSWORTH.TotalSex.Age.Institution
1897Males.FemalesUnder 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 and under 65 yearsFrom 65 and upwards.Union Infirmary.General and special hospitals.Asylum Board Hospital
Diseases
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Small Pox..........................
Scarlatina6331451..........6
Diphtheria19910113145..........19
Membranous Croup..........................
TyphusFevers...........................
Enteric11............1......1
Continued...........................
Relapsing................
Puerperal..........................
Choleia..........................
Krysipelas..........................
Measles..........................
W l.ooping Cough44..314........4....
Diarrhoea and Dy sentry.1..1l..1........1....
Rheumatism523..........145....
Ague....................
Phthisis221661..1..118215 2252
Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy291811426••113952
IJeart Disease432221......241621 130121
Injuries99........21545
All other Diseases10060502383147312755405
T OTAL8241135106342862141486651376836

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The total deaths registered, inclusive of the above
241 of parishioners in outlying public institutions, but
exclusive of 177 deaths of non-parisliioners in public
institutions in this parish, were 902, 452 of males and
450 of females; 44 fewer than last year.
The true death-rate was 15 71 per 1,000, compared
with 16*94 in 1896, 15 76 in 1895, and 14'93 in 1894.