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Wimbledon 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE 3.
Table of Deaths during the Year 1897, in the Urban Sanitary District of Wimbledon, classified according
to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| LOCALITIES. | Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages. | Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing deaths of children under 5 years of age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Und'r 1 year. | 1 and und'r 5 | 5 and und'r 15 | 15 and und'r 25 | 25 and und'r 65 | 65 and wants | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Public Institutions being shown as separate localities | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Enteric or Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | ||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | |||||||||||||||||
| WIMBLEDON | 361 | 98 | 46 | 11 | 13 | 114 | 97 | Under 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | 7 | 27 | ... | 19 | ... | 1 | 6 | 67 | 144 |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 127 | 217 | ||||||||
| ATKINSON MORLEY'S HOSPITAL | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| COTTAGE HOSPITAL . | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | Under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| DURNSFORD ROAD HOSPITAL | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | Under 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 367 | 98 | 48 | 11 | 13 | 118 | 97 | Under 5 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 14 | 7 | 27 | . . . | 19 | ... | 1 | 7 | 67 | 146 |
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 17 | 22 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 129 | 221 | ||||||||
| The subjoined numbers also been taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 19 | Under 5 5 upwards | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 23 | 33 | ||||||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 2 | 2 | Under 5 5 upwards | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||