Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Years. | Births. | Birth-rate per 1000. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000. | Natural Increase. | Rate of Notural Increase per 1000. |
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SUBDISTKICTS | Population in the middle of 1883. | Per-centag-e of Total Population | Deaths | Death-rate per 1000 | Death-rate per 1000 corrected for deaths in Public Institutions. | Density of Population—No. of Persons to Acre. | Relative Number percent, of Industrial and Other Clauses, Census, 1881. | |
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Industrial Classes | Other Classes |
SUB-DISTRTCTS. | Number of Birtlis Returned from 1st January to 31st December, 1882. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to Dis-| tricts, Vaccination 1 Officer of which has 1 been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot he reached; and cases not having' been found. |
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CLASSES OF DISEASE, &c. | Number of deaths in 1883. | Average Annual number of deaths in the ten years 1873-82. | {Same averages corrected for Increaso of population. | Number of deaths 1883 above corrected average. | Number of deaths 1883 below corrected average. |
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YEARS. | AGE. | |||||||
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Under 1 yeur | | From 1 to 5 years | From i) to 10 years | All under 20 years | From 20 to 40 years | | From 40 to GO years j | F rom 60 to 80 years | 80 years & upwards |
Social Status. | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 |
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VERDICTS. | SUB-DISTRICTS. | ||||||
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Battersea. | Clapliam. | Putney. | Streatham. | Wandsworth. | Total. | ||
East. | West. |
BATTERSEA EAST. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-district. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 1881 54,675 Official Population in middle of 1883. 60,758 Area in acres, 947. | Males. | Females. | Under 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 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 Laboring Classes. | |
Diseases and other Causes of Death. |
BATTERSEA EAST. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-district. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 1881 52,586 Official Population in middle of 1883. 58,439 Area in acres, 1,396. | Males. | Females. | Under 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 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 Laboring Classes. | |
Diseases and other Causes of Death. |
1874 | 1875 | 870 | 1877 1 | 878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 |
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1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1880 |
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Years. | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 |
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CLAPHAM. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub.District, | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 1881 36,380 Official Population in middle of 1883 38,406 Area in Acres, 1,233 | Males. | Females. | Under 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 age. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry, | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &e. | Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &e. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||
DISEASES And other Causes of Death, |
PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 1881 13,235. Official Population in middle of the year 1883 14,068. Area in Statute Acres.2,176 | 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 00 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, Shopman, Clerks, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | ||
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death |
DISEASE. | Total. | Sex. | Age. | Class. | Institutions. | ||||||
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Male. | Female. | Under 1 | 1 to 60. | 60 and upw'ds. | Middle | Industrial | Union Infirmary. | Infectious Hospitals. | General Hospitals. |
STREATHAM, including | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c , in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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TOOTING & BALHAM. Population Official population in middle of 1883. 25,55328,042 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 to and under 00 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 years of age. | 80 years and upwards | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Mer chants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Class. | ||
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death |
DISEASE. | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 |
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Years | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 |
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WANDSWORTH. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 1881,— 28,004. Official Population in middle of 1883,— 29,853. Area in Acres—2,478. | 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 80 years of age. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class. Mercharts, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||
DISEASES, And other causes of Death. |
Years. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Cholera. | Diarrhœa. | Fever—Typhus and Typhoid. | Total Deaths from Epidemic. | Total Deaths from all causes. | Per centage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from all causes. |
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DISEASE. | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
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Mean Temp. 40.0 | Mean Temp. 53.0 | Mean Temp. 59.5 | Mean Temp. 44.9 |
Social Position. | Total Deaths. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | ||
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1883. | Decennial Average. | 1883. | Decennial Average. |
SUB-DISTRICTS. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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POPULATION OF ENTIRE DISTRICT, As corrected by the Registrar-General | Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c, in the entire District. | Sub-District | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||||
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Census 1881—210,434. Official Population for middle of year, 1883, 229,566, Area in Statute Acres, 11695. | Battersea—Population 119,197, area in acres, 2.343, | Clapham—Population 38,400 area in acres,1,233, | Putney—Population, 14,068, area in acres, 2,170, | Streatham, Tooting and Balharn—Population, 28.042, area in acres, 3,405, | Wandsworth—Population, 29,853, area in acres, 2,478. | 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 80 years of age. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class. Mercharts, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||
DISEASES, And other causes of Death. |
DISEASES, And other causes of Death | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 |
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Deaths from the seven principal Epidemics in each Sub-District. | Entire District. | |||||||
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Years. | Battersea. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Wandsworth. | Total Deaths from the Seven Epidemics. | Total Deaths Registered from all causes. | Per centage of Deaths from the Seven Epidemics to Total Deaths. |
SUB-DISTRICTS. | Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District. | 1—Small Pox. | 2—Measles. | 3—Scarlatina. and Diphtheria. | 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. | |||||||||||||||
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Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. |
Battersea. | C'lapham | Putney and Roehampton. | Streatham, including Tooting & Balham. | Wandsworth. | Totals. |
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Winter Jan., Feb., March, | Spring April, May, June, | Summer July, Aug., Sept. | Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec. | Temperature of | Flastic Force of Vapour. | Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air. | Degree of Humidity. | Reading of Barometer. | Weight of a Cubic Fool of Air. | Rain. | Reading of Thermometer on Grass. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Air. | Evaporation. | Dew Point. | Air— Daily Range. | Number of Nights it was | Lowest Reading at Night. | Highest Reading at Night. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mean. | Diff. from Average of 112 Years. | Diff. from Average of 42 years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 42 years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 42 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 42 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 42 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 42 Years. | Mean. (Sato=100) | Diff. from Average of 42 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 42 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 42 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 42 Years. | At or below 30º. | Between 30° & 40º. | Above 40º. |