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

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TABLE A.

Sub.Distbicts.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Birthrate.	Rate of Natural Increase.

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TABLE B.

Deaths				Death-rate
Sub.Districts.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Death-rate

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TABLE C. Birth .rates, Death.rates, and rates of Natural Increase in the entire district during the ten years 1875—84, compared with those of the year 1885.

Years.	Births.	Birth.rate per 1000.	Deaths.	Death.rate per 1000.	Natural Increase.	Rate of Natural Increase per 1000.

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Death.rates in District per 1,000 of the Population.

During 10 years, 1851—60	20.40

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TABLE D. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	Number in Entire District.	East Battercea.	West Battersea.	Clapham.	Putney.	Streatham.	Wandsworth.	Union Infirmary.	General and Special Hospitals.	Asylums Board Hospitals.

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TABLE E.

SUB.DISTRICTS.	Population in the middle of 1885.	Percentage of Total Population.	Density of Population— Number of Persons to an Acre.	Relative Number per cent, of Industrial and other Classes.		Death.rate per 1,000, including deaths in Public Institutions in Sub.district.	Death.rate per 1,000, excluding deaths in Public Institutions, within and without the Sub.district.	Death.rate per 1,000, including deaths in Outlying Institutions, excluding deaths in Public Institutions within the Sub.district.
SUB.DISTRICTS.	Population in the middle of 1885.	Percentage of Total Population.	Density of Population— Number of Persons to an Acre.	Industrial Classes.	Other Classes.

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TABLE F.

	Whole District.	East Batteisea.	West Battersea.	Clapham.	Putney.	Streatham.	Wandsworth.

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TABLE G. Number of cases of Infectious Diseases admitted into the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals from 23rd January to 31 st December , 1885.

	Small.pox.	Proportion to Population.	Scarlet Fever.	Proportion to Population.	Enteric Fever.	Proportion to Population.	Typhus Fever	Proportion to Population.

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TABLE H.

SUB. DISTRICTS.	Number of Births Returned from 1st. January to 31st December, 1884.	Successfully Vaccinated.	Insusceptible of Vaccination.	Had Small.pox.	Dead Unvaccinated.	Postponed by Medical Certificate.	Removed to Dis tricts 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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TA BLE I. AGE.

YEARS.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	All under 20 years.	From 20 to 40 year8.	From 40 to 60 years.	From 60 to 80 years.	80 years & upwards.

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TABLE J. Shewing Census Population of 1881 at different groups of ages: male and female death.rates, and death.rates at different groups of ages: the different parts of the Wandsworth District being compared throughout.

SUB. DISTEICTS.	ALL AGES.						No. of persons under 5 years.	Death.rate under 5 years.	No. of persons aged 5 to 10 years.	Death.rate 5 to 10 years.	Persons 10 to 20 years.	Death.rate 10 to 20 years	Persons 20 to 40 years.	Death.rate 20 to 40 years.	Persons 40 to 60 years.	Death.rate 40 to 60 years.	Persons 60 to 80 years.	Death.rate 60 to 80 years.	Persons 80 years old and upwards.	Death.rate over 80 years.
SUB. DISTEICTS.	No. of Persons.	General Death.rate per 1,000 of Population.	No. of Males.	Male Death.rate.	No. of Females.	Female Death.rate.	No. of persons under 5 years.	Death.rate under 5 years.	No. of persons aged 5 to 10 years.	Death.rate 5 to 10 years.	Persons 10 to 20 years.	Death.rate 10 to 20 years	Persons 20 to 40 years.	Death.rate 20 to 40 years.	Persons 40 to 60 years.	Death.rate 40 to 60 years.	Persons 60 to 80 years.	Death.rate 60 to 80 years.	Persons 80 years old and upwards.	Death.rate over 80 years.

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TABLE K.

Social Status.	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885

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TABLE L. Sub.Districts.

Verdicts.	Total.	Battersea		Clapham	Putney	Streatham	WaDdsworth
Verdicts.	Total.	East	West	Clapham	Putney	Streatham	WaDdsworth

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TABLE M.

Week of the Year.	Deaths from Diarrhoea in whole Metropolis.	Mean Temperature of Air in Degrees Fahrenheit.	Fall of Rain in inches.

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TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.

YEARS.	Births.	Birth-rate.	Deaths from all Causes.	Death-rate.	Natural Increase.

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TABLE II. Statistics of Mortality.

EAST BATTEREA.			Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-district.	Sex.		Age.								Social Position.
Population (Census) 1881 ...... 54,675 Official Population in middle of 1885, 66,654				Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	From 10 to 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.
CAUSES OF DEATH.				Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	From 10 to 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.

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TABIE III. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

EAST BATTERSEA.	Total.	Skx.		Aoe.			\| Institutions.

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TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in the East Battersea Sub-district.

	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885

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TABLE V. Comparative Table of Deaths from Non.Zymotic Diseases for ten years, 1876-85.

Diseases.	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885

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In the eight cases in which the most objectionable course was taken of registering the death without either a medical certificate or the Coroner's authority the following aie the details :—

Age 11 months	Diarrhoea Convulsions	attended by an unregistered practitioner.

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TABLE II

WEST BATTTERSEA Population (Census) 1881 52,587 Official Population in middle of 1885 64,317					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.	From 10 to 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes,
CAUSES OF DEATH.						Males,	Females,	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years,	From 5 to 10 years.	From 10 to 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes,

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TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in the West Battersea Sub-district.

	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885

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The following table contrasts all deaths from non-zymotic causes during the past 10 years.

	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885

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TABLE 111. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

WEST BATTERSEA.	Total.	Sex.		Age.			Institutions.
WEST BATTERSEA.		Male.	Female.	Under 1.	1 to 60.	60 and upwards.	Union Infirmary	General & Special Hospitals.	Asylums Board Hospitals.
Disease.		Male.	Female.	Under 1.	1 to 60.	60 and upwards.	Union Infirmary	General & Special Hospitals.	Asylums Board Hospitals.

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TABLE I. Birth and Death-rates.

YEARS.	Births.	Birth-rate.	Deaths from all Causes.	Death-rate.	Rate of Natural Increase.

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TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

DISEASE.	Total.	Sex.		Age.			Institutions.
DISEASE.	Total.	Male.	Female.	Under 1	1 to 60.	60 and upwards.	Union Infirmary	General & Special Hospitals.	Asylums Board Hospitals.

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TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

CLAPHAM. Population (Census) 1881 36,380 Official Population in middle of 1885 40,832 Area in Acres, 1233. 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.	From 10 to 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.

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TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Clapham.

	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885

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TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.

YEARS.	Births.	Birth-rate.	Deaths from all Causes.	Death-rate.	Rate of Natural Increase.

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TABLE II.

PUTNEY AND ROEHAMPTON. Population (Census) 1881 13.221. Official Population in middle of the year 1885 14,830.				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.	From 10 to 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.					Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	From 10 to 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.

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TABLE III. Zymotic Mortality in the Putney sub-district.

	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885

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Table IV. gives the ten years retrospect of the diseases of these classes. TABLE IV.

Years.		1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885

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TABLE V. Deaths at Outlying Institutions.

DISEASE.		Sex.		Age.			Institutions.
DISEASE.	Total.	Male.	Female.	Under 1.	1 to 60.	60 and upwards.	Union Infirmary.	General & Special Hospitals.	Asylums Board Hospitals.

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TABLE 1. Births and Death Rates.

YEARS.	\| Births.	Birth-rate	Deaths from all Causes.	Death-rate	Rate of Natural Increase.

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TABLE III. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

DISEASE.	Sex.			Age.			Institutions.
DISEASE.	Total.	Male.	Female.	Under 1.	1 to 60.	60 and upwards.	Union Infirmary.	General & Special Hospitals.	Asy lums Board Hospitals.

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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

STREATHAM, including			Total deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.	Sex.		Age.								Social Position.
TOOTING & BALHAM. Population (Census) 1881 25,553				Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	From 10 to 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 Labouring Class.
Official population in middle of 1885 30,280 CAUSES OF DEATH				Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	From 10 to 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 Labouring Class.

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TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in the Streatham & Tooling Sub-district.

	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881 1	1882	1883 1	1884	1885

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TABLE I. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

DISEASE	Total	Sex		Age			Institution
DISEASE	Total	Male	Female	Under 1	1 to 60	60 and upwards	Union Infirmary	General and Special Hospital	Aslyums Board Hospital

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TABLE II. Birth and Death Rates.

Years.	Births.	Birth-rate.	* Deaths from all Causes.	Death-rate.		Rate of Natural Increase.
Years.	Births.	Birth-rate.	* Deaths from all Causes.	Corrected.	Uncorrected.	Rate of Natural Increase.

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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.
Population (Census) 1881 28,00 Official Population in middle of 1885 31,497 CAUSES OF DEATH.				Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 6 to 10 years.	From 10 to 20 years.	At 20 and under 40 years of age.	At 40 and under 60 years of age.	At 60 and under 80 yoars 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.

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TABLE IV. Non-zymotic Mortality.

Causes of Death.		1876.	1877.	1878.	1879.	1880.	1881.	1882.	1883.	1884.	1885.	1885.
Causes of Death.		1876.	1877.	1878.	1879.	1880.	1881.	1882.	1883.	1884.	1885.	No. above corrected average.	No. below corrected average.

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TABLE V.

Diseases.			1875.	1876.	1877.	1878.	1879.	1880.	1881.	1882.	1883	1884.	1885.	1885.
Diseases.			1875.	1876.	1877.	1878.	1879.	1880.	1881.	1882.	1883	1884.	1885.	No. above corrected average.	No. below corrected average.

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TABLE VI.

DISEASE.	J anuary	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
DISEASE.		Mean Temp. 40.3			Mean Temp. 52.4			Mean Temp. 59.1			Mean Temp. 42.8

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TABLE VII.

Social Position.	Total Deaths.		Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
Social Position.	1886.	Decennial Average.	1885.	Decennial Average.

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TABLE VIII.

Age.	Males.	Females.	Total.

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TABLE IX.

Males.			Females.	Total.

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TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1885, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative numbers in each Sub-district.

POPULATION of entire District, (Census) 1881, 210,434. Official Population in middle of 1885, 248,410. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695.			Total Deaths from each class of Disease in the entire District.	Sub-Districts.						Sex.		Age.								Social Position.
				East Battersea—Population, 66,654. Area in acres, 947,	West Battersea—Population, 64,317. Area in acres, 1,396.	Clapham—Population, 40,832. Area in acres. 1,233.	Putney—Population, 14,830. Area in acres. 2,176.	S treat bam, Tooting and Balham—Population. 30,280. Area in acres, 3,465.	Wandsworth—Population, 31,567. Area in acres, 2,478.	Males.	Females.	Under 1year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	From 10 to 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks,&c	Industrial and Laboring Class.
CAUSES OF DEATH.				East Battersea—Population, 66,654. Area in acres, 947,	West Battersea—Population, 64,317. Area in acres, 1,396.	Clapham—Population, 40,832. Area in acres. 1,233.	Putney—Population, 14,830. Area in acres. 2,176.		Wandsworth—Population, 31,567. Area in acres, 2,478.	Males.	Females.	Under 1year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	From 10 to 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 & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks,&c	Industrial and Laboring Class.

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TABLE II. Showing the total number of deaths and their causes registered in the entire District, during the eleven years 1875-85, with the relative numbers of each class of disease.

DISEASES, And other causes of Death		1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885

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TABLE III. 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, 1885. Compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.

SUB - DISTRICTS.		Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District.	Total Deaths in each Sub-District.	1—Small Pox.		2—Measles.		3—Scarlatina.		4—Diphtheria.		5—Whooping Cough.		6—Diarrhoea and Dysentery.		7—Cholera.		8—Fever.		9—Erysipelas.		10—Puerperal Fever.		11—Lung Disease except Phthisis.		12—Phthisis.		13—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofula and Infantile Convulsions		14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth		16—Other Diseases.
SUB - DISTRICTS.		Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District.	Total Deaths in each Sub-District.	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	Cases	Deaths

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TABLE IV. S ummary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1885.

	East Battersea.	West Battersea.	Clapham.	Putney. 1	Streatliam.	Wandsworth	Total.

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TABLE V. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1885. Deduced from Observations, at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables, furnished to the Registrar-General by James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S.

Winter Jan., Feb., March. Spring April, May,June. Summer July, Aug., Sept. Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec.	Temperature of									Elastic 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.		Elastic 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.		Number of Nights it was			Lowest_Reading at Night.	Highest. Heading at flight.
	Mean.	Diff. from Aveiage of 113 Years.	Diff. from Average i of 43 Years.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 43 Years.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 43 Years.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 43 Years.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 43 Years.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 43 Years.	Mean (Satn—100).	Diff. from Average of 43 Yean.	Mean.	Diff. from Average of 43 Years.	Mean.	Diff. fiom Average of 13 Years.	1 Amount.	Diff. from Average of 70 Years.	At or below 30	Between 30° & 40°.	Above 40.	Lowest_Reading at Night.	Highest. Heading at flight.

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TABLE A.

TABLE B.

TABLE C. Birth .rates, Death.rates, and rates of Natural Increase in the entire district during the ten years 1875—84, compared with those of the year 1885.

Death.rates in District per 1,000 of the Population.

TABLE D. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE E.

TABLE F.

TABLE G. Number of cases of Infectious Diseases admitted into the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals from 23rd January to 31 st December , 1885.

TABLE H.

TA BLE I. AGE.

TABLE J. Shewing Census Population of 1881 at different groups of ages: male and female death.rates, and death.rates at different groups of ages: the different parts of the Wandsworth District being compared throughout.

TABLE K.

TABLE L. Sub.Districts.

TABLE M.

TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.

TABLE II. Statistics of Mortality.

TABIE III. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in the East Battersea Sub-district.

TABLE V. Comparative Table of Deaths from Non.Zymotic Diseases for ten years, 1876-85.

In the eight cases in which the most objectionable course was taken of registering the death without either a medical certificate or the Coroner's authority the following aie the details :—

TABLE II

TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in the West Battersea Sub-district.

The following table contrasts all deaths from non-zymotic causes during the past 10 years.

TABLE 111. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE I. Birth and Death-rates.

TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Clapham.

TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.

TABLE II.

TABLE III. Zymotic Mortality in the Putney sub-district.

Table IV. gives the ten years retrospect of the diseases of these classes. TABLE IV.

TABLE V. Deaths at Outlying Institutions.

TABLE 1. Births and Death Rates.

TABLE III. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in the Streatham &amp; Tooling Sub-district.

TABLE I. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE II. Birth and Death Rates.

TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

TABLE IV. Non-zymotic Mortality.

TABLE V.

TABLE VI.

TABLE VII.

TABLE VIII.

TABLE IX.

TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1885, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative numbers in each Sub-district.

TABLE II. Showing the total number of deaths and their causes registered in the entire District, during the eleven years 1875-85, with the relative numbers of each class of disease.

TABLE III. 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, 1885. Compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.

TABLE IV. S ummary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1885.

TABLE V. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1885. Deduced from Observations, at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables, furnished to the Registrar-General by James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S.

TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in the Streatham & Tooling Sub-district.