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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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Medical Officers o) Health Annual Report.
Infantile Death-rate.
The deaths of infants under one year of age numbered
109 or 93.7 per 1,000 of the registered births. Compared
with previous years this is highly favourable and
would indicate that greater care is observed in the
management of infants.
The annexed Table contrasts the infantile death-rate for the past four years.
| No. of deaths of infants under 1 year of age. | Rate per 1,000 of births registered. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 117 | 108.0 | ||
| 1892 | 128 | 120.0 | ||
| 1893 | 150 | 123.0 | ||
| 1894 | 109 | 93.7 | ||
Social Position.
The subjoined table gives the proportion of
deaths in the several social grades.
Nobility and Gentry 27 = 5.5 per cent.
Professional Classes 11 = 2.2 ,
Middle and Trading Classes 60 = 12.2 „
Industrial and Labouring Classes 394 = 80.1 ,,
Total deaths 492 100.0
Compared with previous years the deaths amongst the
Industrial Class were higher and in the other classes
lower.
Zymotic Diseases,
their prevalence
and fatality.
The following table contrasts all the deaths
resulting from the seven principal epidemic
diseases with the death-rate therefrom, as well as the
death-rates from all diseases during the past ten years.