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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 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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Parish of Clapham.
The proportion of the deaths at the various ago groups to the total deaths was as follows:—
| Under 5 years | 34.3 per cent. |
| From 5 to 65 years | 40.9 „ |
| Above 65 years | 24.8 „ |
Comparing this with previous years it is found that the
percentage under 5 years is less, while that of the group
over 65 is increased, the intermediate group being about
the average.
The Infantile death-rate was 113. That is the number
of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per thousand
births. The corresponding rate for 1893 was 146, and in
1892 it was 143.
The proportion in the various social grades was as follows:—
| Nobility and Gentry | 3.0 per cent. |
| Professional Classes | |
| Middle and Trading Classes | 28.5 |
| Industrial and Labouring Classes | 61.5 „ |
Zymotic Mortality
and Sickness.
The following Table IY. gives the number
of deaths from the different zymotic diseases
for this and the preceding 9 years, with the zymotic and
general death-rates. Out-lying deaths, however, are not
included in this table.—