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Wandsworth 1897

[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, 24 6 per cent, were of
infants under 1 year of age, and 22 9 per
cent, of persons above the age of 65 years.

Table: The infantile death-rate was for the various sub-districts as follows:—

The infantile death-rate was for the various sub-districts as follows:—

Clapham142 per 1000 births.
Putney123 ,, ,,
Streatham109 ,, ,,
Tooting116 ,, ,,
Wandsworth156 ,, ,,
The entire District127 ,, ,,

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The rate for the Metropolis in 1897 was 159. The
rate in the Wandsworth District was unusually low ; the
previous year it was 140.