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Wandsworth 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Board is collecting imformation on the subject (especially as to the relative working
of the different plans), and there seems every reason to think that with sufficient,
pressure from Local Authorities, compulsory notification may at no distant date
come into force in the Metropolis and render our sanitary work much more efficient
and complete that it can possibly be with our present imperfect imformation.
We are Gentlemen,
Yours obediently,
W. H. KEMPSTER. F. F. SUTTON.
G. E. NICHOLAS. A. NEWSHOLME.
J. OAKMAN. W. Y. ORR.
Medical Officers of Health.
The following table gives the Vaccinations perforated
in this district during 1886.
| SUB-DISTRICTS. | Number of Births Returned from 1st January to 31st December, 1886. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small-pox. | Dead Unvaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to Districts Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be reached; and cases not having been found. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Battersea | 2526 | 2015 | .. | 7 | 174 | |||
| West Battersea | 11 | .. | 66 | 213 | ||||
| 1092 | 871 | 4 | .. | 104 | ||||
| 353 | 289 | 39 | 7 | 5 | 11 | |||
| 1091 | 871 | 3 | .. | 98 | 36 | 56 | ||
| 1042 | 5 | .. | 120 | 21 | 70 | |||
| 8948 | 6192 | 40 | .. | 851 | 210 | 47 | 597 |
It will be seen that during the year, all the births
were accounted for, except 6.6 per cent., who in all
probability remained unvaccinated.
Inquests.
Deaths
by
Violence.
The inquests held last year were 208, as compared
with 221 in the; revious year, and formed
4.8 per cent, of the total number of deaths.
The whole of the deaths which formed the subject of
Coroner's inquiry in the several sub-districts are classified
according to their verdicts in Table XII.
It will be seen that of the total number, 104 were due
to natural causes, and 104 to violence. Of the latter, 76
were accidental, 12 were suicidal, 9 were homicidal, and
in 5, open verdicts were returned,