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Sutton 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]

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Table: TABLE I.Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1906 and Previous Years.

TABLE I.

Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1906 and Previous Years.

Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the DistrictDeaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
Number.Rate.*Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registeredNumber.Rate.*Number.Rate.*
12345678910111213
189615,80032423.4351081339.6221514610.6
189716,00031722.54413917212.3441618413.2
189816,40032422.44413616011.2552017512.3
189916,70036624.85113916010.9221917712.0
190017,00038025.0318117711.6441719012.6
190117,31036723.54311717511.2842019112.2
190217,83836422.94010917110.71452919512.2
190317,16838823.932821318.0103221509.2
190416,99737722.837981549.31161816610.0
190517,51239523.534861388.2106181508.9
Averages for years 1896-1905.16,85236023.43910915710.3741917211.3
190617,98343425.24510322613.070681417210.0

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* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population, excluding residents at
Belmont Asylum and Metropolitan Asylum Board School, Banstead Road.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered during the
year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be included in Column 12
are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition
of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or
infirmity, and dying in public institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who
have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public institutions
elsewhere.
The "Public institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into
which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses
and lunatic asylums.
Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District—
Sutton Hospital, Metropolitan Asylum Board's Ringworm School, and Belmont Asylum.
Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District—
Ensom Workhouse, Brookwood Asylum, and Cuddington Isolation Hospital.
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area 1836
covered by water).
Total population at all ages 17,224, At
Number of inhabited houses 2,976 Census
Average number of persons per house 5.7 of 1901.

Table: Table II.—Showing the Sickness recorded in the district from the undermentioned Zymotic Diseases in each month of the year 1906, and the ten preceding years.

Table II.—Showing the Sickness recorded in the district from the undermentioned Zymotic Diseases in each month of the year 1906, and the ten preceding years.

1906.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Membranous Croup.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.
Cases.Houses invaded.Cases.House invaded.Cases.Houses invaded.Cases.Houses invaded.Cases.Houses invaded.Cases.Houses invaded.Cases.Houses invaded.
January3311
February33
March11
April42
May22121
June1144111
July2251
August31
September111111
October8522
November22
December3222
Total in 19062620446411177
Total in 19053725151422111133
Total in 1904312717172211
Total in 1903211817175555
Total in 1902223631557766
Total in 1901112720118661312
Total in 1900127787721331010
Total in 189912984383222112255
Total in 189859446046441144
Total in 1897281897111133
Total in 1896423375551144