Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893
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| Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; public institutions being shown as separate localities. | 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 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Influenza. | 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. | |||||||||||||
| Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (d) | (f) | (g) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middlesex Lunatic Asylum | 89 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 53 | 29 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 89 | ||||||||
| Hospital for Incurables | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
| St. Peter's Hospital | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| The Workhouse | 22 | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 15 |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .... | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
| The Prison | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| The Patriotic Asylum for Girls | 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| Rest of the Sub-District | 684 | 220 | 87 | 34 | 29 | 186 | 128 | Under 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 25 | 34 | .. | .. | 2 | 67 | .. | 9 | 142 | 307 |
| 5 upwds | 8 | 2 | 9 | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | .. | 40 | 82 | 49 | 15 | 151 | 377 | ||||||||
| Totals | 390 | 236 | 89 | 35 | 37 | 251 | 173 | Under 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 25 | 36 | .. | .. | 2 | 67 | .. | 9 | 156 | 324 |
| 5 upwds | 12 | 2 | 9 | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | .. | 47 | 117 | 57 | 16 | 215 | 496 | ||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above reccds of moitality.
| Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto. | 161 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 60 | 48 | Under 5 | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 upwds | 1 | 5 | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | l | .. | 4 | .. | l | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 20 | 5 | 48 | 137 | |||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto. | 141 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 68 | 46 | Under 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 18 | ||
| 5 upwd"> | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 65 | 123 |