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Wandsworth 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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The relative death-rate, or the proportion of deaths
borne by infants under one year to the total mortality
was 24.35 per cent., the decennial average being 25.7
per cent.
Senile Mortality. The deaths that occurred at 70 years of age
and upwards numbered 118, and were 16 in
excess of those of the previous year. They formed 15.1
per cent. of all deaths, the decennial average being 12.4.
The sex and age of the deceased, with the numbers at
different periods, are shewn in the subjoined Table. The
females, as usual, are seen to have greatly exceeded the
males both in number and longevity:—
| Age. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| At 70 and under 75 | 19 | 27 | 46 |
| 75 „ „ 80 | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| 80 „ „ 85 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 85 „ „ 90 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 90 „ „ 94 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 45 | 73 | 118 |
Table XII.. on page 33 of the Introductory
Sickness and Mortality
amongst the Parochial poor Report of the entire district, shews the nature,
amount, and fatality of the disease that prevailed
amongst the Parochial Poor during the
year. The total separate cases that came under treatment
amounted to 857, and were 34 more, and the total
deaths 31 or one more than in 1890. The figures
generally will be found to corroborate those in the Table
of general Mortality as regards the prevalence and
intensity of disease that prevailed throughout the whole
Sub-district. Thus the most prevalent of the NonZymotic
diseases were those of the Organs of Respiration,