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Wandsworth 1878

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

Published
1879
Pages
94
Tables
22

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22 tables in this report

  • Page 9
    This table it has been of late years thought desirable to supplement with one which presents a ten years' history, so to speak, of our district mortality.
    DISEASES. And other causes of Death18681869187018711872187318741875187618771878
  • Page 13
    Social Position of the Deceased. — The proportions of the classes were as follow during the year 1877 and 1878:—
    1877.1878.
  • Page 29
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    BATTERSEA EAST.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, sc., in the Sob-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Population, June, 1877— 38,308. Official mean population, 1878—40,049. Area in Acres 1235.Males.FemalesUnder 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.From 10 to 20 years.All under 20 years.At 20 and under 40 years of age.At 40 and under 60 years of ageAt 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 40
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    BATTERSEA WEST.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease &c„ in the Sub-DistrictSexAGESocial Position
    Population June, 1876 - 37,298. Official mean population June, 1878— (52 weeks) 39,019, Area 1108 acres.MalesFemalesUnder 1 yearFrom 1 to 5 yearsFrom 5 to 10 yearsFrom 10 to 20 yearsAll under 20 yearsAt 20, and under 40 yearsAt 40r and under 60 yearsAt 60, and under 80 years80 years and upwardsNobility and GentryProfessional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
  • Page 42
    The following Table contrasts all deaths from Zymotic causes during the past seven years:—
    1872187318741875187618771878
  • Page 43
    The following Table contrasts all deaths from non Zymotic causes during the past seven years :—
    1872187318741875187618771878
  • Page 52
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    CLAPHAM. Population in 1871—27,347. Official Population in middle of year 1878— 32,031. Area in Acres—1,233.Total 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 10yearn.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.
    DISEASES And other Causes of Death
  • Page 53
    Diseases of the epidemic class, which for the most part afflict the young, have at all times engaged the special attention of the sanitarian. I have placed these diseases in a tabular form in order that they should show their comparative fatality during the past and the ten preceding years:—
    Years.18681869187018711872187318741875187618771878
  • Page 60
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    WANDSWORTH. Population in 1871-9,783. Official population in middle of 1878-4,440. Area in Acres-2,478.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-DistrictSexAgeSocial Position
    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 62
    The following Table shows the deaths which have resulted from the seven principal Epidemic Diseases during the past and ten preceding years, and the relation which they bore to the deaths from all causes:—
    YEARSSmall PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping CoughCholeraDiarrhoeaFever.Typhus and TyphoidTotal Deaths From EpidemicsTotal Deaths from all causesPer ccntage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from all causes
  • Page 69
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    STREATHAM, including TOOTING & BALHAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
    Population in 1871-14,475. Official Population middle of 1878-17,667. Area in Statute Acres-3,465Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.Under 20 vears, 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 and Laboring Classes.
    DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
  • Page 70
    The following table contrasts all the deaths which resulted from the seven principal epidemic diseases during the past and five preceding years:—
    DISEASES.187318741875187618771878
  • Page 71
    Deaths from violence (class 14) give only a record of 3 deaths, a little over half the usual average. In classes 10 and 15 we find no record of any death.
    Years187318741875187618771878
  • Page 75
    Deaths and Death.rate. —The number of deaths registered in 1878 was 186. To this large number the Registrar.General adds another death; but, in making up my returns, I found the Local Registrar had
    YEARS.Births.Birth.rate.Number of Deaths from all Causes.Death.rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
  • Page 77
    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    PUTNEY AND ROEHAMPTON.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.At 10, and under 20 years of age.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.
    Population (Census) 1871— 9,439.
    Official population in middle of the year 1878— 11.697
    Area in Statute Acres—2,176.
    DISEASES, And other causes of Death.
  • Page 81
    V. Violence. —Deaths from this cause are below the average.
    Year18681869187018711872187318741875187618771878
  • Page 88
    table I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1878, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.
    POPULATION of ENTIRE DISTRICT, As corrected by the Registrar General.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the entire District.Sub-Distr icts.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Clapham—Population in 1871, 27,347, area in acres, 1,233.Wandsworth—Population in 1871,19,783, area in acres, 2,478.Battersea—Population in 1871, 54,016, area in acres, 2,348.Putney—Population in 1871, 9,439, area in acres, 2,176.Streatham, Tooting, and Balham—Population 1871, 14,475, 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.
    Census 1871—125,060.
    Official Population for middle of year, 1878,— 164,812.
    Area in Statute Acres, 11,695.
    DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.
  • Page 89
    TABLE II. Births registered during the year 1878.
    SUB-DISTRICTS.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 90
    TABLE III. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1878. (Deduced from Observations, at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables, furnished to the Registrar General by James Glashier, Esq., F.R.S.)
    Winter Jan., Feb., March. Spring April, May, June. Summer July, Aug., Sept. Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec.Temperature ofElastic Force of Vapour.Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air.Degree of Humidity.Reading of Barometer.Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air.Rain.Reading of Thermometer on Grass.
    Air.Evaporation.Dew point.Air— Daily Range.Number of Nights it wasLowest Reading at Night.Highest Heading at Night.
    Mean.Diff. from Average of 107 Years.Diff. from Average of 37 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 86 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 37 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 37 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 37 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 37 Years.Mean (Satn = 100).Diff. from Average of 37 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 37 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 37 Years.Amount.Diff. from Average of 63 Years.At or below 30°.Between 30° and 40p.Above 40°.
    1878.°°°°°°°°°in.in.grs.gr.in.in.grs.grs.in.in.Sums.°°
  • Page 91
    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 1868—78.
    Years.Clapham.Battersea.Wandsworth.Putney.Streatham.Total Deaths from the Seven Epidemics.Total Deaths Registered from all causes.Per centage of Deaths from the Seven Epidemics to Total Deaths.
  • Page 92
    TABLE V. Cases of Sickness amongst the Poor under the treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each class of Disease, during the year ended 31st December, 1878. Compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.
    SUB-DISTRICTS.Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-district.1—Small Pox.2—Measles.3—Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat.4—Whooping Cough.5—Diarrhœa and Dysentery.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 93
    TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1878.
    Clapham.Battersea.Wandsworth.Putney and Roehampton.Streatham, including Tooting and Balham.Totals.