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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Ages at
Death.
Of the total deaths the proportion in age
groups was as follows:—
Under 5 years 37.5 per cent.
From 5 to 60 years 29.2 „
Over 60 years 33.3 „
The infantile death-rate or the proportion of deaths
under 1 year to the number of births was 115 per thousand,
compared with 150 per thousand in 1888, a decided
improvement.
Social
Position.
The proportional number of deaths in the
various social grades was as follows:—
Nobility and Gentry 25=4.6 per cent.
Professional Classes 60=11.2 „
Trading Classes 143=26.8 „
Industrial Classes 306=57.4 „
| 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 2 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 19 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 21 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 3 | .. | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 17 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| WhoopingCough | 25 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 25 | 34 | 25 | 28 | 15 |
| Epidemic Diarrhœa | 36 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 11 |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 9 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Total deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 119 | 78 | 81 | 112 | 95 | 61 | 84 | 100 | 84 | 66 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 3.4 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.49 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
| Death-rate from all Diseases | 14.9 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 15.1 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 13.93 | 12.4 | l1.6 |