Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1894, in the Wandsworth Sub-District of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of (A) Wandsworth; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
Names of Localitiesadoptedforthe purposeoftheseStatistics; publicinstitutionsbeingshownasseparatelocalities.(Columns for Population and Births arc in Table B.) | 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 60 | 60and upwards. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | Allother Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Middlesex Lunatic Asylum. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 67 | 26 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 97 | ||||||||
Hospital for Incurables | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
St. Petar's Hospital | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
The Workhouse | 20 | 11 | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 11 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 9 | ||||||||
The Prison | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 7 | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 12 | ||||||||
TheCottageHome | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 9 | ||||||||
Rest of the Sub-District | 616 | 186 | 101 | 34 | 22 | 183 | 90 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 32 | 9 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 64 | 1 | 5 | 137 | 287 |
5 upwds | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 57 | 41 | 43 | 17 | 146 | 329 | ||||||||
Totals. | 768 | 197 | 101 | 36 | 36 | 264 | 134 | Under 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 32 | 9 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | 64 | 1 | 5 | 148 | 298 |
5 upwds | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 1 | 10 | .. | 73 | 64 | 51 | 18 | 229 | 470 | ||||||||
The Subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deaths occuring outsides the division or district among persons belonging thereto | 175 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 75 | 57 | Under 5 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 10 | 23 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 18 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 77 | 152 | ||||||||
Deaths occuring within the division or district among persons not belonging thereto | 158 | 10 | .. | 3 | 16 | 85 | 44 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 10 |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 16 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 88 | 148 |