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Wandsworth 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Deaths in
relation to
Social
position.
The proportion per cent. which the total
deaths, as well as those that resulted from
zymotic diseases, bore to the social position
of the deceased is exhibited in the following Table and
compared with the average proportion of the previous
ten years. The figures shew that there was a notable
decrease in the relative mortality of the gentry, and
that no death from zymotic disease occurred amongst
them ; the proportion of the total mortality was slightly
greater and of the zymotic mortality considerably
greater in the professional class; in the trading class
the general mortality was much greater, but the zymotic
less; and amongst the labouring classes, although as
might be expected from the great prevalence of epidemics
during the past year, the zymotic mortality was greater,
there was a very considerable reduction of the total
mortality amongst them.
| Social Position. | Total Deaths. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890. | Decennial average. | 1890. | Decennial Average. | |
Infantile
Mortality.
The actual death-rate of infants calculated
from the number of births registered and the
number of deaths under one year of age that occurred
during the year was 15.5 per cent. the average of the