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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 1893
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893
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The deaths of infants under one year of age number 28
or 140 per 1,000 of the registered births. Twenty-nine
of the deaths registered were those of persons over 60
years of age. Twelve were of 75 years and upwards,
and two died at the age of 90 years.
Below is given a table of deaths at high ages at different periods, and the sex of the deceased.
| AGE. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At 70 and under 75 | l | 5 | 6 | ||
| 75 „ 80 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 80 „ 85 | .. | 2 | 2 | ||
| 85 „ 90 | .. | 2 | 2 | ||
| 90 „ 95 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 95 „ 100 | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Totals .. | 7 | 11 | 18 | ||
social Position. The subjoined table gives the proportion of deaths in the several social grades ;
| Nobility and Gentry | 6 = 5-3 per cent. |
| Professional Classes | 2 = 1.8 „ |
| Middle and Trading Classes | 10 = 9.0 „ |
| 0Industrial and Labouring | |
| Classes | 94 = 83.3 „ |
| Total Death | 112 100.0 „ |