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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BIRTHS. | RATES. | ||||
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Sub-Districts. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-rate | Rate of Natural Increase. |
DEATHS. | Death-rate. | |||
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Sub-Districts. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Sub-District. | Population middle of 1888. | Percentage of Total Population. | Number of persons to 1 acre. | Relative mortality 0, Industrial and classes. | |
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Industrial classes. | Other classes. |
POPULATION of entire District, (Census) 1881, 210,434, Including Battersea 103,172. Excluding Battersea. Official Population in middle of 1888, 139,078, Area in Statute Acres, 9,352. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease in the entire District. | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||||
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Clapham—Population, 43,045. Area in acres, 1,233. | Putney—Population, 15,590. Area in acres. 2,176. | Streatham, Tooting and Balham—Population, 38,225. Area in acres, 3,465. | Wandsworth—Population, 33,141. Area in acres, 2,478. | 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, Hankers, &c | Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks,&c. | Industrial and Laboring Class. | ||||
CAUSES OF DEATH |
Years. | Birth-rate per 1000. | Death-rate per 1000 excluding Battersea. | Rate of Natural Increase. | Death-rate including Battersea. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Number in Entire District. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Wandsworth. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
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Whole District | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Wandsworth. |
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Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever | Diphtheria. |
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SUB-DISTRICTS. | Number of Births Returned from 1st January to 31st December 1887. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small-pox. | Dead Unvaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to District 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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Verdicts. | Total | Clapham | Putney | Streatham | Wandsworth |
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SUB-DISTRICTS. | Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District. | Total Deaths in each Sub-District. | 1.—Small Pox. | 2—Measles. | 3—Scarlatina | 3—Diphtheria. | 5—Whooping Cough. | 6—Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | 7—Cholera. | 8—Fever. | 9—.Erysiplas. | 10—Puerperal Fever. | 11 —Lung Disease. except Phthisis. | 12—Phthisis. | 13—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy Scrotum and Infantile Convulsions. | 14—Violence, Privation, and Premature .Birth. | 15—Other Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
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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 | Cases | Deaths. |
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Wandsworth. | Total. |
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YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
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CLAPHAM. | Total deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the bub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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Population Census) 1881 | 36,380 | 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 1888 | 44,145 | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
DISEASE. | Total. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | |||||
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Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 |
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YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
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DISEASE. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||
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Total. | Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
PUTNEY. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 1881 13,221 Official Population in middle of 1888 15,970 | ||||||||||||||||
Zymotic Mortality. | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 |
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YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
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DISEASE. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||
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Total. | Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infinnary | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
STREATHAM & TOOTING. | Total deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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- | 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. | ||
Population (Census) 1881 25,553Official population in middle of 1888 45,000 | ||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1834 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 |
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DISEASE. | Total. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | |||||
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Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infiimary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
Years. | Births. | Birth.rate. | *Deaths from all causes. | Death.rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. | |
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Corrected. | Uncorrected. |
WANDSWORTH. Population (Census) l881 28,004 Official Population in middle of 1888 33,963 | Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||
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Mlales. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | At 25 and under 35 years of age. | At 35 and under 55 years of age. | At 55 and under 75 years of age. | 75 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | |||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
Diseases. | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 . | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1888. | ||
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No. above corrected average. | No. bel corrected average. |
DISEASE. | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
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Mean Temp. 36.9 | Mean Temp. 51.6 | Mean Temp. 57.6 | Mean Temp. 44.6 |
Causes of Death. | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1888 | ||
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.No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. |
Social Position. | Total Deaths. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases |
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Age | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Nature of Article submitted. | Total number. | Pure. | Slightly impure. | Impure. | Per cent. of adulteration. |
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