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 1896
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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 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Influenza. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Total. | |||||||||||||
| (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) (a) | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middlesex Lunatic Asylum | 108 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 67 | 35 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 8 | 4 | .. | 1 | 81 | 108 | ||||||||
| Royal Hospital for Incurables | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | ||||||||
| St. Peter's Hospital | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| The Prison | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| The Cottage Home | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Patriotic Asylum for Girls | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| The Boys' Home | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
| The Workhouse | 10 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||||||||
| Rest of the Sub-District | 746 | 246 | 145 | 19 | 25 | 175 | 136 | Under 5 | .. | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 56 | 52 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 158 | 391 |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 56 | 71 | 5 | 15 | 145 | 355 | ||||||||
| Totals | 886 | 251 | 145 | 22 | 29 | 251 | 188 | Under 5 | .. | 3 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 56 | 52 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 163 | 396 |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 57 | 68 | 85 | 5 | 19 | 233 | 490 | ||||||||
The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
| Deaths occurring outside the division or district among persons belonging thereto. | 205 | 24 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 69 | Under 5 | .. | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 50 | |
| 5 upwds | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 72 | 155 | ||||||||
| Deaths occurring within the division or dis trict among persons not belonging thereto. | 145 | 6 | .. | 3 | 6 | 78 | 52 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 15 | 12 | 15 | .. | 7 | 88 | 139 |