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 Sub-District of Tooting; 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Middlesex Lunatic Asylum | 130 | 1 | .. | 2 | 9 | 76 | 48 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 81 | 135 | ||||||||
Royal Hospital for Incurables ...... | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 7 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||
St. Peter's Hospital | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
The Prison | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
Patriotic Ayslum for Girls | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
The Boys' Home | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
The Workhouse | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||||||
Rest of the Sub-District | 799 | 274 | 97 | 27 | 30 | 217 | 154 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 34 | 23 | 82 | .. | 1 | 65 | .. | 2 | 4 | 151 | 371 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | 53 | 81 | 86 | 20 | 19 | 140 | 428 | ||||||||
Totals | 961 | 278 | 98 | 29 | 40 | 304 | 212 | Under 5 | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 34 | 24 | 82 | .. | 1 | 67 | .. | 2 | 5 | 152 | 376 |
5 upwds. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 12 | 73 | 97 | 106 | 23 | 24 | 230 | 585 |
Deaths occurring outside the division or districtamong persons belonging thereto. | 186 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 77 | 43 | Under 5 | .. | 6 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 14 | 52 | |
5 upwds | . | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 18 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 57 | 134 | ||||||||
168 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 90 | 58 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 |