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Wandsworth 1898

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

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12 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Ages at Death. Of the total deaths, 25.3 per cent, were of
infants under 1 year of age, and 24.3 per
cent, of persons above the age of 65 years.
The infantile death.rate was for the various sub.
districts as follows:—
Clapham 163 per 1000 births.
Putney 128 ,, „
Streatham 119 ,, ,,
Tooting 138 ,, ,,
Wandsworth 169 ,, ,,
The entire District 142 ,, ,,
The rate for the Metropolis in 1898 was 167. The
rate in the Wandsworth District was low as compared
with other London districts, but showed a rise on the
previous year, when it was 127 only.

Table: zymotic The following Table shows the deaths from Diseases. Zymotic Diseases that have occurred among the population of the entire District in each of the last ten years, including those in outlying institutions.TABLE VII.

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The following Table shows the deaths from Diseases. Zymotic Diseases that have occurred among the population of the entire District in each of the last ten years, including those in outlying institutions.

TABLE VII.

	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893 j	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1898
	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893 j	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	No. above corrected average.	No. below corrected average.
Small Pox	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	..	..	..	..	..
Scarlet Fever	31	11	9	7	29	51	19	15	27	26	15	..	12
Diphtheria	66	42	20	30	57	99	74	37	39	103	88	19	..
Membranous Croup	..	..	..	..•	10	17	13	9	1	3	• •	..	6
Typhus	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Enteric Fever	18	11	21	10	12	18	21	26	17	lb	16	..	4
Continued Fever	..	..	..	2	2	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	..
Puerperal Fever	6	3	8	6	7	8	13	7	4	0	9	1	..
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..
Ervsioelas	6	5	5	6	16	lb	14	5	10	4	11	..	..
M easles	56	33	88	78	82	33	82	27	154	28	107	27	..
Whooping Cough	96	43	100	76	89	77	54	24	155	41	81	..	11
Influenza	..		21	61	123	64	45	131	37	49	75	11	..
Diarrhœa and Dysentery	64	41	73	51	83	124	59	110	119	162	194	86	..
Other Zymotic Diseases	2	14	3	18	3	2	6	1	..	..	..	..	..
Totals	345	204	348	345	513	511	401	394	564	438	596

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Table: zymotic The following Table shows the deaths from Diseases. Zymotic Diseases that have occurred among the population of the entire District in each of the last ten years, including those in outlying institutions.TABLE VII.