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Wandsworth 1896

Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896

Published
1897
Author
Orr, Wm. Y., Field, Oliver., Sutton, F. F., de Lisle Brock, C., Smith, P. Caldwell.
Pages
237
Tables
125

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    The Board of Works for the Wandsworth District. LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, Showing the year in which they go out of office.
    PARISHES.NAMES.ADDRESSES.
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    LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD —continued.
    PARISHES.NAMES.ADDRESSES.
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    RETURN showing the Number of Attendances of Members at the Board and Committee Meetings for the year ended 25th March, 1897.
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    NAMES OF MEMBERS.No. of Board Meetings attendedNo. of Special Board Meetings attended.No. of Finance Committee Meetings attended.No. of General Purposes Committee Meetings attended.No. of General Purposes Committee Sub-Committee Meetings attended.No. of Sanitary Committee Meetings attended.No. of Local Committee Meetings attended.No. of Local Committee Sub-Committee Meetings attended.No. of Streatham Special Road Widening Committee Meetings attended.No. of Special Committee Meetings attended.No. of Conferences and Deputations to other Authorities attended.Total Number of Meetings attended.REMARKS.
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    LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
    Names.Offices.Addresses.Salaries.
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    LIST OP OFFICERS—Continued.
    Parishes.Names.Offices.Salaries*
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    APPORTIONMENTS. The following Apportionments of the estimated cost of paving new roads and constructing a new sewer have been made by the Board during the year, viz.:—
    Pariah.Date of ApportionmentName of Road.Amount of Apportionment
    £s.d.
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    The following Apportionment of the cost of executing necessary works of repair upon roads not repairable by the Board has been made by the Board during the year under the provisions of section 3 of the Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vic., cap. 66), viz.: —
    Parish.Date of Apportionment.Name of RoadAmount of Apportionment
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    The following Apportionment of the estimated expense of flagging footways, under the provisions of 53 & 54 Vic., cap. 54, has been made by the Board during the year, viz.:—
    Parish.Date of Apportionment.Name of Road.Amount of Apportionment
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    NEW ROADS. The following applications relating to the formation of new roads in this District have been made to the London County Council during the past year :—
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    RE-NAMING STREETS AND RE-NUMBERING HOUSES. The following orders relating to this District have been issued by the London County Council during the past year, viz.;—
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    PARTICULARS OF NEW SEWERS.
    PARISHES.LOCALITIESLengths and Sizes.— Feet Lineal.
    3ft x 2ft Brick Sewer18-in. Pipe Sewer15-in. Pipe Sewer12-in. Pipe Sewer9-in. Pipe Sewer6-in. Pipe Sewer
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    PRIVATE DRAINS. The following are the particulars of the private drains which have been constructed by the Board during the past year, the cost of which has been paid by the persons for whom the work was executed : —
    PARISHES.No. of Drains.No. of Houses, &c., drained thereby.Lengths and sizes—feet lineal.Total lengths, — feet lineal.
    18-in.15-in.12-in.9-in.6-in.4-in.
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    HIGHWAYS. The following are the particulars of the quantities of the materials used in the repairs of the roads and footpaths within the District during the past year, viz:—
    MATERIALS.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total cube yards.
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    Daily Cost.
    £s.d.
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    Paving works. The cost of the various paving works carried out during the past year is as follows, viz.:—
    £s.d.
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    Daily Cost.
    £s.d.
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    Steam Boilers. The Board's steam rollers have been worked on 449 days, made up as follows, viz.:—
    Public Roads.New Roads.Total.
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    The cost of working the rollers during this period has been as follows, viz.—
    £s.d.
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    Daily Cost.
    £s.d.
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    During the past year the following roads have been adopted by the Board, and the cost of paving them paid by the owners of the property abutting thereon, viz.:—
    Name of Road.Length in yards.
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    The following paving materials have been used in public roads during the year, viz.:—
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    Trenches. The following statement shows the superficial area of pavements disturbed by the gas, water, and electric lighting companies, and others, for the laying and repair of their mains and services, viz.:—
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    Average Daily Cost of each Roller.
    £s.d.
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    The cost of scavenging has been £5,688 17s. Id., made up as follows, viz.:—
    £s.d.
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    The cost of scavenging has been £450 17s. 2d. made up as follows, viz.:—
    £s.d.
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    ROAD WATERING. The details of road watering during the past year are set forth in the following tabular statement:—
    PARISH.Length of Road Watered.Expenditure.
    Horse Hire.New Carts, Vans, and Standposts.Water, Labour, and Repairs to Carts, 4tc.Total Expenses.
    M.F.Y.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    NEW BUILDINGS. The details of the Notices for the erection of new buildings are as follows:—
    PARISH.No of Notices Received.No. of Houses.Additions to Houses, &c.Stabling, Warehouses, Shops and other Buildings.No.of Churches, Chapels, Schools, and additions to same.Total number of Buildings.
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    DETAILS OF LIGHTING.
    PARISH.Wandsworth and Putney Gas Oompaht.(a) South Metropolitan Gas Company.Mitcham Gas Company.BreNtford Gas Company.Total Number of Lamps in each Parish.
    Number of Lamps at £3 7 6.By meter at 2 s. 4 d. per 1000 feet.Total N umberNumber of Lamps at £3 3 9.Number of Lamps at £3 4 9.Number of Lamps at £3 13 9.Number of Lamps at £5 12 0.By meter at 2s. 3d. per 1000 feet.Total Number.Number of Lamps at £4 4 0.Number of Lamps at £3 7 6. (b)By meter at 3s. 8d. per 1000 feet.Total Number.Number of Lamps at £3 14 5.
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    LONDON (EQUALIZATION OF RATES) ACT, 1894. The following sums have been received by the Board under the provisions of this Act, viz.: —
    Date.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth,Totals for the District.
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    SCHOOL BOARD PRECEPTS. The following are the amounts of the Precepts of the School Board for London paid by this District (omitting the Parish of Battersea):—
    £s.d.d.
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    RATES. The following table shows the amount in the £ of the respective rates therein mentioned which have been levied by the Overseers of the several Parishes in the District during the last seven years, viz.:—
    PARISH.Year.Poor Rate.General Rate.Sewers Rate.Lighting Rate.Totals.
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    CENSUS RETURNS.
    PARISH.Population.Number of Houses.
    In 1871.In 1881.In 1891.In 1896.Inhabited 1881.Uninhabited 1881.Inhabited 1891.Uninhabited 1891.
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    RATEABLE VALUE AND AREA OF DISTRICT. The rateable value and area of the several parishes in the District are as follows :—
    PARISH.Value as per Valuation List, April 5th, 189(i.Value as per Valuation List, April 5th, 1897.Area.
    Acres.
    ££
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    STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO DURING THE YEAR ENDED 25TH MARCH, 1897.
    Dates of Contracts.Names and Addresses of Contractors.Nature of Contracts.
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    STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS—continued.
    Dates of Contracts.Names and Addresses of Contractors.Nature of Contracts.
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    ESTABLISHMENT EXPENDITURE.
    £s.d.
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    MONEY OWING TO BOARD.
    1897. March 25th.£s.d.
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    MONEY OWING BY BOARD.
    1897. March 25th.£s.d.
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    Receipts and Payments for the
    March 25th, 1896.£sd.£s.d.
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    Year ended 25th March, 1897.
    March 25th, 1897. PAYMENTS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    The population estimated to the middle of the year was 189,675.
    Census, 1881.Census, 1891.Census, 1896.Middle of 1896
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    TABLE I.
    BIRTHS.RATES.
    Sub-Districts.Males.Females.Total.Birth-rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II.
    DEATHS.Uncorrected Death-rate.Corrected Death-rate.
    Sub-Districts.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE III. Birth-rates, Death-rates, and rates of Natural Increase intheentire district during the ten years 1886-95 inclusive.
    Years.Birth-rate per 1000.Death-rate per 1000.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE IV. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Number in Entire District.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.TootingWandsworth.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    The relative proportions in the sub-districts is as follows:—
    1895.1896.
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    TABLE V.
    Sub-District.Population, 1896.Percentage of Total Population.Number of persons to 1 acre.Relative mortality of Industrial and other classes.
    Industrial classes.Other classes.
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    TABLE VI.
    POPULATION Census ...... 1891 156,931 Estimated Population in middle of 1896, 189,675Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Positiion.
    Clapham—Population, 47,122 Area in acres, 1,233Putney—Population, 20,566 Area in acres, 2,176Streatham—Population, 55,907 Area in acres, 2.904Tooting—Population, 7,382 Area in acres, 561Wandsworth —Population, 58,698 Area in acres, 2,433Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 76 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    CAUSES OF DEATH
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    This rate was as follows :—
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    TABLE VII.
    1887188818891890189118921893189418951896
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    TABLE VIII.
    188818891890189118921893189418951896
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    TABLE IX. Number of Notifications received during the year.
    Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole District.
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    Number of Notifications received each year since the passing of the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act:—
    1890189118921893189418951896
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    Deaths from Non-Zymotic Diseases.
    1887.1888.18891890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896
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    TABLE X.
    INQUESTS.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Totals.
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    TABLE XII.
    SUBDISTRICTS.Number of Births Returned from 1st January to 31st December 1895Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Small-pox.Dead Unvaccinated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be reached; and cases not having been found.
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    Averages of the Monthly Analyses of Water in 1896. The numbers relate to parts per 100,000.
    Temperature in Centegrade degrees.Total Solid Matter.Oiganic Carbon.Organic Nitrogen.Ammonia.Nitrogen as Nitrates and Nitrites.Total Combined Nitrogen.Chlorine.Total Hardness.Proportional amount of Organic elements, that in the Kent Companies Water during the 9 years ending 1876 being taken as unity.Number of Microbe Colonies developed in each cubic centimetre of water.Number of days'supply contained in storage reservoirs.
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    TABLE XIII. Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1896.
    Clapham.PutneyStreatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
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    TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.
    YEAR.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths from all Causes.Death-rate Uncorrected.Death-rate Corrected.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    CLAPHAMTotal Deaths from each Class of 1 Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
    Population (Census). 1891}43,608 Estimated Populationin middle of 1896}47,1221Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    TABLE A TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Clapham; classified according to Diseases, (A) Ages, and Localities.
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    The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
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    TABLE III. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
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    Ages at Death The proportion of the deaths at the various age groups to the total deaths was as follows :—
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    Social position The proportion in the various social grades was as follows :—
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Claphaw.
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    TABLE V.
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    The number notified in each month were as follows :—
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    The number in each month was as follows :—
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    The numbers in the different months were as follows :—
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    TABLE (B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Clapham ; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
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    TABLE VI
    18861887188818891890189118921893189418951896Number below corrected decennial average.Number below corrected decennial average.
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    Thirty-five Inquests have been held during the year, and the following shows the verdicts:—
    Males.Females,Total.
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    TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.
    YEARS.BirthsBirth-rate.Deaths from all Causes.Death-rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    DISEASES.Total.SexAgeInstitutions
    Males.Females.Under I.From I to 60.6o and upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospital.
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    TABLE III STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    PUTNEY.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. Ac., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
    -Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 & under 45 years.From 45 under 65 years.From 65 & under 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants. Bankers, Ac.Middle and Trading Class' Shopmen, Clerks, Ac.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    Population (Census), 189117,771.
    Census Population in 1896.20,566
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Putney and Roehampton Sub-district.
    Zymotic Mortality.1887188818891890189118921893189418951896
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    TABLE V.
    No. of cases notified.No. of patients removed to Hospital.No. died in Hospital.No. died at Home.Total deaths.
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    TABLE VI. MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
    Scarlet Fever.Typhoid Fever.Puerperal Fever.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Continued Fever.Membranous Croup.Total.
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    The number of notifications of Diphtheria is as follows:—
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    The following two tables, A and B, are inserted at the request of the medical officer of the Local Government Board to ensure a uniform method of classification over the entire Kingdom. The same information is given under different forms in the various other tables:— TABLE(A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Putney; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)MORTALITY FROM ALL CASES, AT SUBJOINED AGES.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(c)(f)(g)(h)
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    TABLE(B) TABLE OFPOPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Putney; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names ofLocalities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all agesRegistered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.NewCases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the MedicalOfficer ofHealth.Number of suchCasesRemoved from theirHomes in the several Localities for Treatment inIsolationHospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1896.12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Memb+ranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FeversCholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(6)(c)(d)(e)
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    TABLE VII. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.18891890189118921893189418951896
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    table VII. Inquests and Verdicts.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.
    YEARS.Births.Birth-rates.Deaths from all Causes.Death-rates.Rates of Natural increase.
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    STREATHAM. DISEASE.Totals.Sex.Ages| Institutions.Elsewhere.
    Males.Females.Under 1 years.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 65 years.65 years and upwards.Union Infirmary.General & Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    STREATHAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Population Census, 189654,338Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.All under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional ClassMiddle and Trading Class.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    Estimated Population, Middle of 1896 56,907
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    TABLE (A) TABLE OF deaths during the Year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Streatham; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Name Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (See note 4 on back of sheet.) {Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers..Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis .Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a )(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
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    The following compares the infantile death-rates of the last six years.
    No. of deaths of infants under 1 ear of age.Rate per 1,000 of births registered.
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    The subjoined table gives the proportion of deaths in the several social grades.
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in the Sub-District of Streatham.
    18861887188818891890189118921893189418951886
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    Table b. The following Table (B) records the notifications received under section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year, and the cases removed to isolation hospitals. table table of population, births, and of new cases of infectious sickness, (b) coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896 in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Slreatham; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institution being shown as separate localities.Population at all agesRegistered Births.Aged under or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 189612345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.| Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.|Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal.Typhus.Enteric orTyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    table v.
    DISEASES.Number of cases notifiedNumber of patients removed to Hospital.Number died at Hospital.Number died at Home.Total deaths in Hospital and at Home.
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    TABLE VI. Comparative Table of Non-zymotic Mortality.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.
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    TABLE VII.
    Age.Males.Females.Total.
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    Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
    MALE.FEMALE,
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    TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.
    Years.Births.Birth.Rates.Deaths from all causes.De ath.ratesRates of Natural Increase
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    TOOTING. 1896. DiseasesTotals.Sex.Ages.Institutions.
    Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 65 years.65 years A: upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Specia Hospitals.Asylums Hoard Hospitals.
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    TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    TOOTING.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c , in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.Deaths in Public Institutions within the District.
    Population (Census) 1896, 7207Mules.Females.Under 1 Year.From 1 to 5 Years.All under 5 years.From 5 to 15 Years.From 15 to 25 Years.From 25 and under 45 Years!From 45 to 6?> YearsFrom to 7.") Years75 Years and Upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Mer-chants, Bankers Ac.Middle and Trading Class.Industrial & Labouring Class.
    Estimated Population 7282 in middle0 of 1895
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.
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    The following two tables, A and B, are inserted at the request of the medical officer of the Local Government Board to ensure a uniform method of classification over the entire Kingdom. The same information is given under different forms in the various other tables :— table( A ) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Tooting; classified according to Diseases Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics: public institutions being shown as separate localities. {Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 55 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.1234678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Typhus.Fevers.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia,&c.Heart.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
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    TABLE IV.
    AGE.Males.Females.Total.
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    social Position. The following indicates the proportion of deaths in the several social grades :
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    TABLE V. Zymotic Mortality.
    18891890189118921893189418951896
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    table(B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Tooting ; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all agesRegistered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge op the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities fob tbjjatment in isolation hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1895.12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevebs.Cholera.Erysipelas. 1Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FevebsCholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued JRelapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    The population of the public institutions in the parish was as follows :—
    males.females.Total.
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    TABLE I. Birth and Death.Rates.
    Years.Births.Birth.rate.*Deaths from all causes.Death.rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
    Corrected.Uncorrected.
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.
    WANDSWORTH. 1896. Diseases.Totals.Sex.Ages.Institutions.
    Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 65 years.65 years & upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylum Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    WANDSWORTH.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Males.FemalesUnder 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 and under 45 years.From 45 and under 65 years.From 65 and under 75 years.75 and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class. Merchants, Bankers,&c.Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    Population (Census), 189658,101
    Estimated Population in middle of 189658,698
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    TABLE(A) tTABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1896, in the Wandsworth Sub-District of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Wandsworth; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) (a)Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.RelapsingPuerperal.
    (b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
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    The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
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    TABLE TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1896, in the Wandsworth Sub-District of theMetropolitan Sanitary District of (A) Wandsworth; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.MembranousCroup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.) (a)Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.RelapsingPuerperal.
    (b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
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    The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
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    TABLE IV. Comparative Table of Zymotic Mortality.
    Diseases.188618871888188918901891189218931894189518961896
    No. above corrected ave rage.No. below corrected average.
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    The following are the death-rates per 1,000 of population from zymotic diseases, inclusive of deaths in outlying institutions for the years 1894, 1895, and 1896.
    Death-rate per 1000.
    189418951896
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    TABLE VI. Notification of Infectious Diseases.
    DISEASE.No. cases notified.No. patients removed to Hospital.No. died in Hospital.No. died at Home.Total deaths in Hospital and at Home.
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    TABLE VII. Monthly Notifications of Infectious Diseases.
    January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.
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    TABLE VIII. Comparative Table of Non-Zymotic Mortality.
    Diseases.188618871888188918901891189218931894189518961896
    No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
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    Table IX. shows the number of deaths at 70 years and upwards. TABLE IX.
    Age.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE X.
    Social Position.Total Deaths.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
    1896.Decennial average.1896.Decennial Average.
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    TABLE XI.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    Parish of Wandsworth
    Males.Females.Total.
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    I.—Dairy Produce. The articles entered under this head included: —
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    And of these the following 17 were found to be more or less deficient in quality:—
    Articles submitted.Nature and extant of Impurity.
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    II.—Groceries. These included:—