London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
This page requires JavaScript
175
The relative 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 presented in the
next Table. As might be anticipated from the general
prevalence of epidemic diseases during the past year, the
mortality that occurred from those diseases amongst the
industrial classes is seen to have been relatively greater
than the decennial average; the total mortality amongst
them, however, was considerably less than such average,
thus maintaining a continuance of the diminution which
has for many years been steadily advancing among
them, and thereby furnishing a trustworthy indication of
sanitary progress in the direction where it was most
needed.
| Social Position. | Total Deaths. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892. | Decennial average. | 1892. | Decennial Average. | |
| Nobility and Gentry | 4.53 | 3.04 | 1.60 | 0.80 |
| Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c | 5.49 | 5.31 | 4.81 | 4.80 |
| Middle and Trading Classes, Clerks. &c | 26.02 | 25.23 | 16.59 | 19.60 |
| Industrial and Labouring Classes | 63.96 | 66.42 | 77.00 | 74.80 |
| 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |
Infantile Mortality.
The actual death-rate of infants calculated
from the number of births registered and the number of
deaths that occurred under one year of age, during the
year was 14.5 per cent. the decennial average being
12.88.