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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

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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Table: TABLE(A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Clapham; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

TABLE(A)

TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Clapham; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

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 AGES.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
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.12345678910111213141516171819202122
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.WhoopingDiarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic FeverPhthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
CLAPHAM.587169471325175152Under 5......3........................131645...137......695216
5 upwds......4...............3...311664065431912162365
HOME FOR THE DYING AND NURSING HOMES43.........7279Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.............................................1521......2543
.....................Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..................................................................
.....................Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds..................................................................
Totals624169471332202161Under 5......3........................131645...137......695216
5 upwds......4...............3...311665567441912187408
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.1309161475430Under 5...110........................114...13.........425
5 upwds......10......3............2.........11813231519105
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.43.........7279Under 5..................................................................
5 upwds.............................................1521......2543