London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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YEARS. Births. Birth-rate Number of Deaths from all Classes. Death-rate Rate of Natural Increase.
1875 965 30.6 548 18.2 13.'2
1876 1095 34.3 545 17.7 15.8
1877 1029 32.4 467 14.8 18.5
1878 1019 34.2 580 18.1 15.9
1879 1125 34.1 561 17.0 17.0
1880 1082 29.7 544 14.9 15.1
1881 1059 28.9 499 13.5 15.3
1882 1081 28.8 544 14.5 14.3
1883 1085 28.25 580 15.1 13.1
1884 1123 28.32 543 13.7 14.6
Deaths in Out-lying Institutions..— lhe deaths just enumerated
do not include those of inhabitants of this sub-district
who have died in out-lying institutions. In the following
table however, these additional deaths (102 in number) are
arranged so as to shew the causes of death, age, and sex of
patients, and character of the Institution in which they died.
DISEASE. Sex. Age. Institutions.
Total Males Females Under 1. 1 to 60 60 & upw'ds Union Infirmary. Infection Hospital. Genrel Hospital.
Diphtheria 5 2 3 1 4 .. .. .. 5
Scarlet Eever 1 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 ..
Enteric Fever 1 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1
Measles 1 .. 1 1 .. .. 1
Small Pox 1 1 .. .. 1 .. .. 1 ..
Whooping Cough 1 1 .. 1 .. .. 1 ..
Tubercular
Diseases 14 8 6 .. 13 1 6 .. 8
Lung Diseases 16 13 3 1 6 9 11 .. 5
Circulatory
Diseases 7 3 4 .. 1 6 5 .. 2
Nervous Diseases 12 7 5 .. 9 3 8 .. 4
Other Diseases 40 19 21 5 21 14 20 .. 20
Violence 3 1 2 1 2 .. .. 3
102 57 45 10 59 33 52 2 48