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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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95
Parish of Wandsworth.

Table: TABLE II.Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.

TABLE II.

Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.

WANDSWORTH, 1897. Diseases.Totals.Sex-Ages.Institutions.
Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 65 years.65 years & upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylum Board Hospitals.
Influenza1..1..........1......1
Small Pox..........................
Scarlatina75266i••........7
Diphtheria13672794..........13
Membranous Croup..........................
1vphusFever..........................
Enteric211..........2..1....
Continued..........................
Puerperal..........................
Cholera..........................
Erysipelas..........................
Measles117411011........8....
Whooping Cough11..1..1........1....
Diarrhœa and Dysentry1•*11• •1........1....
Rheumatism523..........1441..
Ague....................
Phthisis19136111161154..
Bronchitis,Pneumonia and20119268....481631
Pleurisy Heart Disease27111611168225..
Injuries871115235..
All other Diseases7141301131442302141273
Totals1861058118345210575441124529

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The total number of deaths registered, corrected
for internal and external institutions, was 979. compared
with 902 in 1897, and 946 in 1896.
Calculated from the above, the true death-rate was
16 31 per 1,000 compared with 15.71 in 1897, 16.94 in
1896, 15.76 in 1895, and 14.93 in 1894.