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Wandsworth 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

Published
1870
Pages
58
Tables
16

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16 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    On twelve occasions samples were, not long since, drawn from the Companies' Mains and submitted to careful examination, with the following results:—
    Thames.Number of occasions when clear and transparentNumber of occasions when slightly turbidNumber of occasions when turbidNumber of occasions when very turbid
  • Page 16
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    WANDSWORTH.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-DistrictSexAgeSocial Position
    Population in 1861—13,346. Area in Acres, 2,478.MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsUnder 20 years, including all under 10 yearsAt 20, and under 40 years of ageAt 40, and under 60 years of ageAt 60, and under 80 years of age80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks,&c.Industrial and Labouring Classes
    Diseases and other Causes of Death.
    Diseases Classified.
  • Page 18
    The following table shows the deaths which have resulted from the 7 principal Epidemic diseases during the past and ten preceding years, and the relation which they bore to the deaths from all causes.
    YEARS.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Cholera.Diarrhœa.Fever— Typhus and Typhoid.Total Deaths from Epidemics.Total Deaths from all causes.Percentage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from ail causes.
  • Page 21
    MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
  • Page 23
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    CLAPHAM. Population in 1861—20,894. Area in Acres—1,233. DISEASES And other Causes of DeathTotal Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
    Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 20 years, in cludingall under 10 years.At 20, and under 40 years of age.At 40 and under 60 years of age.At 60 and under 80 years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
  • Page 25
    The following Table—the one I usually employ to show the fatality of the seven principal Epidemic diseases—will enable the inquirer to institute a comparison between the amount of mortality of the past year and of the ten preceding ones in respect to these maladies.
    Years.18591860186118621863186418651866186718681869
  • Page 30
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    BATTERSEA. Population in 1861—19,852. Area in Statute Acres—2,343 DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Males.Females.Under I year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 20 years, including all under 10 years.At 20, and under 40 years of age.At 40, and under 60 years of age.At 60 and under 80 years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
  • Page 36
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    STREATHAM, INCLUDING TOOTING & BALHAM. Population in 1861—10,082. Area in Statute Acres—3,465 DISEASES, And other Causes of DeathTotal Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
    Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 20 years, including all under 10 years.At 20 and under 40 years of age.At 40 and under 60 years of age.At 50 and under 90 years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Laboring Classes.
  • Page 42
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    PUTNEY AND ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1861—6,481. Area in Statute Acres—2,176. DISEASES, And other causes of Death.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 20 years, including all under 10 years.At 20, and under 40 years of age.At 40, and under 60 years of age.At 60, and under 80 years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
  • Page 49
    *The following is the Table referred to The samples examined were twelve in number.
    Names of Companies.Number of occasions when living Organisms were seen.
  • Page 51
    TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1869, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.
    POPULATION of ENTIRE DISTRICT, In 1861, 70,381. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695. DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the entire District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Position
    Clapham—Population in 1861, 20,890, area in acres 1,233.Wandsworth—Population in 1861,13,346, area in acres, 2,478.Battersea—Population in 1861, 19,582, area in acres, 2,343.Putney—Population in 1861, 6,481, area in acres, 2,176.Streatham, Tooting, and Balham—Population 1861, 10,082, area in acres, 3,465.Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 20 years, including all under 10 years.At 20, and under 40 years of age.At 40, and under 60 years of age.At 60, and under 80 years of age.80 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
  • Page 52
    TABLE IT. Births registered during the year 1869.
    SUB-DISTRICTS.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 52
    TABLE III. Meteorological Elements for 1869, from Observations taken at Greenwich.
    MEANS.Jan., Feb., and March.April, May, and June.July, Aug., and September.Oct., Nov., and December.The Year.
  • Page 53
    TABLE IV. Showing the total Deaths from the principal Epidemic Diseases registered in each Sub-District, and in the entire District, and the relation which they bore to the total Mortality in the several years 1859-69.
    Years.Deaths from the seven principal Epidemics in each Sub-District.Entire District.
    Clapham.Battersea.Wandsworth.Putney.Streatham.Total Deaths from the Seven Epidemics.Total Deaths Registered from all causesPer centage of Deaths from the Seven Epidemics to Total Deaths,
  • Page 54
    TABLE V. Cases of Sickness amongst the out-door Poor under the treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each class of Disease, during the year ended 31st December, 1869. Compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.
    SUB-DISTRICTS.Total Cases of Sickness treated ineach Sub-district.1—Small Pox.2—Measles.3—Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat.4—Whooping Cough.5—Diarrhoea and Dyseutery.6—Cholera.7—Fever.| 8—Erysipelas.9—Puerperal Fever.10—Lung Diseases except Phthisis.11—Phthisis.12—Hydrocephalus. Atrophy, Scrofula, and Convulsions, of Children.13—Other Diseases.14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth.Total Deaths in each Sub-District.
    Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.DeathsCases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths
  • Page 55
    TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1869.
    Clapham.Battersea.Wandsworth.Putney and Roehampton.Streatham, including Tooting and Balham.Totals.