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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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Of the 1,319, 283 occurred in public institutions, viz:—260
in the Infirmary and 14 in the Bolingbroke Hospital; these
are 19 below those of the previous year.
Of the deaths which took place in the Infirmary 55 belonged
to West Battersea, the remainder belonging to other sections
of the district.
Deducting the 283 deaths in Public Institutions 1,036 will
be the correct number for this out-door district.
The number of deaths registered in each quarter of the year
was as follows:—
First Quarter 354. Second Quarter.288 Third Quarter. 340 Fourth Quarter. 337
The deaths of 47 illegitimate children were registered, the
ages being specified by minutes, hours, days, weeks, and
months, but six having reached the age of one year and
upwards.
Total deaths from all causes including all deaths in the
Infirmary in the respective years were :—
1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884
856 854 820 908 1002 1010 1195 1222 1041 1319
lhe deaths in the Infirmary were 269—males 152, females
1.7.
The death-rates per 1,000, including Infirmary deaths
belonging to this sub-district and out-lying Institutions:—
1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1880 1882 1883 1884
20.2 19.5 17.1 18.5 20.0 16.8 19.0 18.0 18.6 18.8