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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Table(A)
TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sab-Districtofstreatham; classified according to diseases, ages, and localities.
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; public institutions being shown as separate | Mortality from all causes at subjoined Ages | (i) | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 8 | 1 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
{Columns for Population and Births are in Table 2?.) | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
STREATHAM | 636 | 163 | 69 | 26 | 27 | 117 | 174 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 24 | 19 | 24 | .. | 6 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 114 | 232 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 68 | ||||||||
ST. ANNE'S HOME | 63 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 55 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 68 | ||||||||
MIDDLESEX COUNTY ASYLUM | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 upwds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Under 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 upwds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 708 | 136 | 69 | 27 | 28 | 191 | 230 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 24 | 19 | 24 | .. | 6 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 114 | 232 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | 1 | 52 | 123 | 68 | 14 | 13 | 187 | 176 | ||||||||
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. | 101 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 18 | U nder 5 | .. | 4 | 8 | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 27 |
5 upwds | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 11 | 5 | .. | 5 | 36 | 74 | ||||||||
Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 73 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 15 | 56 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 73 |