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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 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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| CLASSES OF DISEASES. &c. | Number of deaths in 1884. | Average Annual number of deaths in the ten years 1874-83. | Same averages corrected for Increase of population. | Number' of deaths 1884 above corrected average. | Number of deaths 1884 below corrected average. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small | ||||||
| 13. Age | ||||||
| 15. Not Specified. | ||||||
Deaths at Different Ages.—Infantile Mortality.—
Calculated from the total births registered, the death-rate
of infants under 1 year of age was 15.22 per cent. as
compared with 14.71 in the previous year. The deaths
of all children under 5 years of age amounted to 49.29
per cent. of the total deaths, as compared with 46.16 per
cent. in the previous year.
At the other extreme of life, i.e. at 60 years of age
and upwards, occurred 19.2 per cent. of the total deaths,
the proportion during the previous year being 21 per
cent.