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Wandsworth 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Death at different ages.—Infantile Mortality
Calculated from the total births registered, the deathrate
of infants under 1 year of age was 14.71 per cent,
or very slightly below the average which was 14.79 per
cent. The deaths of children however under 10 years
of age, i.e.—during the period most obnoxious to
infectious diseases—amounted to 49.4 per cent, of all
deaths, the average of the preceding ten years having
been 50.5 per cent.
Senile Mortality.—The number of deaths at the
extreme of life was somewhat greater than that of the
preceding year as well as of the preceding decennial
average. The deaths that occurred at 60 years of age
and upwards amounted to 21 per cent, of all deaths, the
rate of the preceding year having been 20.2, and that of
tlio average 20.9 per cent, of the total mortality.

Table: All the deaths in the past and ten preceding years are classified according to age for comparison with each other in the following table:—

All the deaths in the past and ten preceding years are classified according to age for comparison with each other in the following table:—

YEARS.AGE.
Under 1 yeur| From 1 to 5 yearsFrom i) to 10 yearsAll under 20 yearsFrom 20 to 40 years| From 40 to GO years jF rom 60 to 80 years80 years & upwards
1873636387751825326394448127
18747774521071438361462419116
18758864671321660399422502113
1876910524991638398468540110
18778404661091517387458525104
18789836001001780338483532142
18799476821021878368487658135
18801,1366001402021374500560138
18811,0436271321938410548599152
18821,0827521432,087428557634145
18831,1896961342,145484593670191