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Wandsworth 1897

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

Published
1898
Pages
242
Tables
131

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    LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, Showing the year in which they go out of office.
    PARISHES.NAMES.ADDRESSES.
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    LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD— continued.
    PARISHES.NAMES.ADDRESSES.
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    RETURN showing the Number of Attendances of Members at the Board and Committee Meetings for the year ended 25th March, 1898.
    NAMES OF MEMBERS.No. of Board Meetings attended.No. of Special Board Meetings attended.No. of Meetings of Committee of the whole Board attended.No. of Finance Committee Meetings attended.No. of General Purposes Committee Meetings attended.No. of General Purposes Committee Sub-Committee Meetings attended.No. of Sanitary Committee Meetings attended.No. of Local Committee Meetings attended.No. of Local Committee Sub-Committee Meetings attended.No. of Special Committee Meetings attended.No. of Conferences and Deputations to other Authorities attended.Total Number of Meetings attended.REMARKS.
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    NAMES OF MEMBERS.No. of Board Meetings attended.No. of Special Board Meetings attended.No. of Meetings of Committee of the whole Board attended.No. of Finance Committee Meetings attended.No. of General Purposes Committee Meetings attended.No. of General Purposes Committee Sub-Committee Meetings attended.No. of Sanitary Committee Meetings attended.No. of Local Committee Meetings attended.No. of Local Committee Sub-Committee Meetings attended.No. of Special Committee Meetings attended.No. of Conferences and Deputations to other Authorities attended.Total Number of Meetings attended.REMARKS.
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    LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
    Names.Offices.Addresses.Salaries.
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    LIST OF OFFICERS— Continued.
    Parishes.Names.Offices.Salaries.
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    APPORTIONMENTS. The following Apportionments of the estimated cost of paving new roads and constructing a new sewer have been made by the Board during the year, viz.:—
    Pariah.Date of ApportionmentName of Road.Amount of Apportionment
    £s.d.
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    The following Apportionments of the cost of executing necessary works of repair upon roads not repairable by the Board have been made by the Board during the year under the provisions of section 3 of the Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vic., cap. 66) , viz.:—
    Parish.Date of Apportionment.Name of RoadAmount of Apportionment
    £s.d.
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    The following Apportionment of the estimated expense of flagging footways, under the provisions of 53 & 54 Vic., cap. 54, has been made by the Board during the year, viz.:—
    Parish.Date of Apportionment.Name of Road.Amount of Apportionment
    £ s.d.
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    NEW ROADS. The following applications relating to the formation of new roads in this District have been made to the London County Council during the past year:—
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    NEW ROADS— continued.
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    RE-NAMING STREETS AND RE-NUMBERING HOUSES. The following orders relating to this District have been issued by the London County Council during the past year, viz.:—
    Parish.Date of Order.Name of Street and Nature of Order.
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    PARTICULARS OF NEW SEWERS.
    PARISHES.LOCALITIESLengths and Sizes.—Feet Lineal.
    24-in. Pipe Sewer18-in. Pipe Sewer15-in. Pipe Sewer12-in. Pipe Sewer9-in. Pipe Sewer6-in. Pipe Sewer
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    PRIVATE DRAINS. The following are the particulars of the private drains which have been constructed by the Board during the past year, the cost of which has been paid by the persons for whom the work was executed:—
    PARISHES.No., of Drains.No. of Houses, &c., drained thereby.Lengths and sizes—feet lineal.Total lengths, - feet lineal.
    18-in.15-in.12-in.9-in.6-in.4-in.
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    HIGHWAYS. The following are the particulars of the quantities of the materials used in the repairs of the roads and footpaths within the District during the past year, viz:—
    MATERIALS.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total. cube yards.
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    The following are the lengths in each parish:—
    PARISH.M.F.Y.
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    Daily Cost.
    £s.d.
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    The following new paving works have been executed during the past year, viz.:—
    £s.d.
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    The following sums have been expended in paving repairs, viz:—
    £s.d.
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    Continued from previous page...
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    The following new paving has been laid down at the cost of private owners, viz.:—
    £S.d.
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    The cost of the various paving works carried out during the past year is as follows, viz.:—
    £s.d.
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    The Board's steam rollers have been worked on 489 days, made up as follows, viz.:—
    Public Roads.New Roads.Total.
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    The cost of working the rollers during this period has been as follows, viz.—
    £s.d.
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    Daily Cost.
    £s.d.
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    During the past year the following roads have been adopted by the Board, and the cost of paving them paid by the owners of the property abutting thereon, viz.:—
    Name of Road.Length in yards.
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    Footpaths only.
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    Average Daily Cost of each Roller
    £s.d.
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    ROAD WATERING. The details of road watering during the past year are set forth in the following tabular statement:—
    PARISH.Length of Road Watered.Expenditure.
    Horse Hire.New Carts, Vans, and Standposts.Water, Labour, and Repairs to Carts, &c.Total Expenses.
    M.F.Y.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    NEW BUILDINGS. The details of the Notices for the erection of new buildings are as follows:—
    PARISH.No. of Notices Received.No. of Nouses.Additions to Houses, &c.Stabling, Warehouses, Shops and other Buildings.No. of Churches, Chapels, Schools, and additions to same.Total number of Buildings.
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    DETAILS OF LIGHTING.
    PARISH.Wandsworth and Putney Gas Company.(a) South Metropolitan Gas Company.Mitcham Gas Company.Brentford Gas Company.Total Number of Lamps in each Parish.
    Number of Lamps at £3 4 0.Other Lamps. (See Note on page 77)Total NumberNumber of Lamps at £3 3 9.Number of Lamps at £3 4 9.Number of Lamps at £3 7 6. (Incandescent.)Number of Lamps at £3 13 9.Number of Lamps at £5 12 0.By meter at 2s. 3d. per 1000 feet.Other Lamps. (See Note on page 77)Total Number.Number of Lamps at £4 4 0.Number of Lamps at £3 7 6. (b)By meter at 3s. 8d. per 1000 feet.Total Number.Number of Lamps at £3 14 5.
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    The following sums have been received by the Board under the provisions of this Act, viz.:—
    Date.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Totals for the District.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    In 15 cases proceedings were taken against the vendors, with the following results, viz.:—
    Article.Case No.Extent of Adulteration.Fines or other Result.
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    The following are the amounts of the Precepts of the School Board for London paid by this District (omitting the Parish of Battersea):—
    £s.d.d.
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    RATES. The following table shows the amount in the £ of the respective rates therein mentioned which have been levied by the Overseers of the several Parishes in the District during the last seven years, viz.:—
    PARISH.Year.Poor Rate.General Rate.Sewers Rate.Lighting RateTotals.
    s.d.s.d.s.d.s.d.s.d.
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    CENSUS RETURNS.
    PARISH.Population.Number of Houses.
    In 1871.In 1881.In 1891.In 1896.Inhabited 1881.Uninhabited 1881.Inhabited 1891.Uninhabited 1891.
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    RATEABLE VALUE AND AREA OF DISTRICT The rateable value and area of the several parishes in the District are as follows:—
    PARISH.Value as' per Valuation List, April 5th, 1897.Value as per Valuation List, April 5th, 1898.Area.
    Acres.
    ££
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    STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO DURING THE YEAR ENDED 25th MARCH, 1898.
    Dates of Contracts.Names and Addresses of Contractors.Nature of Contracts.
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    STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS — continued.
    Dates of Contracts.Names and Addresses of Contractors.Nature of Contracts.
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    ESTABLISHMENT EXPENDITURE
    £s.d.
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    money owing to board.
    1898.
    March 25th.£s.d.
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    money owing by board.
    1898.
    March 25th.£s.d.
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    Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 25th March, 1898.
    March 25th, 1897.£s.d.£s.d.March 25th, 1898.PAYMENTS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Account in detail, showing the Receipts and Expenditure of the Board for the year ended March 25th, 1898.
    ACCOUNT.Balances on 25th March, 1897.RECEIPTS.EXPENDITURE..Balances on 25th March, 1898.
    In Favour.Against.From Overseers.Under Equalisation of Rates Act.Contributions towards Sewers.Private Drains.Making up New Roads.Establishment.Other Receipts.Total Receipts.Making up New Roads.Highways.Improvements.Watering.Repairing sewers.Cleansing Sewers. 0Private brain and ther Works.Lighting Public LampsSalaries (exclnsive of Establishment Charges).Establishment Charges.School Board Kxpenses.School Board Election Expenses.Interest on Loans.Sundries.Total Payments.In Favour.Against.
    Paid by Owners.Paid by board.
    £.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.
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    ACCOUNT OF LOANS.
    Balances owing by Board on 25th March, 1897.Amounts paid off in year ended 25th March, 1898.Balances owing by Board on 25th March, 1898.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    ACCOUNT OF LOANS, SHOWING AMOUNT OWING, &C. BY EACH PARISH.
    PARISH.Amountsowing 25th March, 1897.Amounts paid off in year ended 25th March, 1898.Amounts owing 25th March, 1898.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    The population, estimated to the middle of was 195,974, and was made up as shown in the following table, which also gives the population at the last three census.
    Census, 1881.Census, 1891.Census, 1896.Middle of 1897
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    TABLE I.
    BIRTHS.RATES.
    Sub-Districts.Males.Females.Total.Birth-rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    Table shows the distribution in the sub-districts, and the death-rates, corrected and uncorrected in each. TABLE II.
    DEATHS.Uncorrected Death-rate.Corrected Death-rate
    Sub-Districts.Males.Females.Total.
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    The following Table shows the rates for the last ten years:— TABLE III. Birth-rates, Death-rates, and rates of Natural Increase in the entire District during the ten years 1887-96 inclusive.
    Years.Birth-rate per 1000.Death-rate per 1000.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE IV. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Number in Entire District.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    Infirmary, 202 in the general and special hospitals and 87 in those of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. The relative proportions in the sub-districts are as follows:—
    1896.1897.
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    The next Table gives interesting information as to the density of population, and the relative mortality of the industrial and other classes in each sub-district:— TABLE F.
    Sub-District.Population, 1897.Percentage of Total Population.Number of persons to 1 acre.Relative mortality of Industrial and other classes.
    Industrial Other classes. classes.
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    TABLE VI.
    POPULATION Census 1894 187.264 Estimated Population in middle of 1897, 195,974Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Clapham— Population, 47,804 Area in acres. 1,137Putney—Population, 21,125 Area in acres, 2,235Streatham—Population, 58,183 Area in acres, 2.914Tooting—Population, 7,611 Area in acres, 566Wandsworth —Population, 61,251 Area in acres. 2,433Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Rankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    The infantile death-rate was for the various sub-districts as follows:—
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    TABLE VII.
    188718881889189018911892189318941895189618971897
    No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
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    TABLE VIII.
    1888188918901891189218931894189518961897
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    TABLE IX. Number of Notifications received during the year.
    Clapham.Putney.Streatham,Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole District.
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    Number of Notifications received each year since the passing of the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act:—
    18901891189218931891189518961897
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    Deaths from Nun-Zymotic Diseases.
    Diseases.188718881889189018911892189318941895189618971897
    No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
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    TABLE X.
    INQUESTS.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Totals.
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    TABLE XII.
    SUB-DISTRICTS.Number of Births Returned from 1st January to 31st December 1896Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Small-pox.Dead Vnvaccinated.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 havine been found.
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    A verages of the M onthly A nalyses of W ater in 1897. The numbers relate to parts per 100,000.
    Temperature in Centegrade degrees.Total Solid Matter.Organic Carbon.Organic Nitrogen.Ammonia.Nitrogen as Nitrates and Nitrites.Total Combined Nitrogen.Chlorine.Total Hardness.Proportional amount of Organic elements, that in the Kent Companies Water during the 9 years ending 1870 being taken as unity.Number of Microbe Colonies developed in each cubic centimetre of water.Number of days' supply contained in storage reservoirs.
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    TABLE XIII. Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1897.
    Clapham.PutneyStreatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
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    The following table gives the births, deaths, and rates corrected and uncorrected for the last ten years:— TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.
    YEAR.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths from all Causes.Death rate Uncorrected.Death-rate Corrected.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    CLAPHAMTotal 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 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring.
    Population(Census), 1896} 46,953
    Estimated Population}47.804in middle of 1897
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of C lapham; classified according to diseases, A ges, and L ocalities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from: subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic FeverPhthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
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    The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
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    TABLE III. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    DISEASES.SexAgeInstitutions
    Total.Males.Females.Under 1.1 to 65.65 and upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Clapham, including that in Outlying Institutions.
    1888188918901891 1189218931894189518961897
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    The following table gives the notifications of infectious diseases received under the Public Health (London) Act, and the number removed to hospital, with the number of deaths among those removed and not removed. TABLE V.
    Number of Cases Notified.1 Number of Patients removed to Hospital.Number died in Hospital.Number died at Home.Total Deaths.
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    table TABLE 0F POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, ( B ) coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of C lapham ; classified according to D iseases, A ges, and L ocalities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of thes Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all agesRegistered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.NewCases of Sickness in eachLocality coming to the knowledge of the Medical officer ofHealth.Number of suchCases Removed from theirHomes in the several Localities for Treatment inIsolationHospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1897.l21 345671 89I 1011134567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Group.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.RelapsingPuerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    The appended table gives the number of deaths in the last 10 years, and shows whether these for 1897 are above or below the decennial average corrected for increase of population. TABLE VI.
    18871888188918901891189218931894189518961897Number above corrected decennial average.N umber below corrected decennial average.
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    The number held during the year was 32, and the following were the verdicts:—
    Males.Females.Total.
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    Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE I. Birth and Death Rales.
    YEARS.BirthsBirth-rate.Deaths from all Causes.Death-rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    DISEASES.SexAgeInstitutions
    Total.Males.Females.Under I.From I to 6o.6o and upwards.Union infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    Table III STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    PUTNEY.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 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 & under 45 years.From 45 & under 65 years.From 65 & under 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants. Hankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    Population (Census), 1896 20,566
    Estimated Popu- lation in 1897. 21,125
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Putney and Roehampton Sub-district.
    Zymotic Mortality.1888188918901891189218931894189518961897
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    TABLE V.
    No. of cases notified.No. of patients removed to Hospital.No. died in Hospital.No. died at Home.Total deaths.
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    TABLE VI. MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
    Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid Fever.Puerperal Fever.Small Pox.
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    The following two tables, A and B, are inserted at the request of the medical officer of the Local Government Board to ensure a uniform method of classification over the entire Kingdom. The same information is given under different forms in the various other tables:- TABLE TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Putney; classified according to Diseases, (A) Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. {Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)mortality from all causes, at subjoined age8.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and uuder 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and uuder 65.65 aud upwards.12345678910111213111516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus,Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Cholera.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
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    subjected numbers have also to be taken into acccount in judging of the above records of mortality
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    TABLE TABLE OF population, births, and of new cases of infectious sickness, (B) coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Healthy during the year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Putney ; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being: shown as separate localities.Population at all agesRegistered BirthsAged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Casks Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1896.Estimated to middle of 1897.12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranols Croup.FeversCholera.Erysipelas.
    TyphusEnteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.Cholera.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    Non-Zymotic Diseases were the cause of 200 deaths. TABLE VII. COMPRATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.188918901891189218931894189518961897
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    TABLE I. Birth and, Death Rates.
    YEARS.Births.Birth-rates.Deaths from all Causes.Death-rates.Rates of Natural increase.
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    STREATHAM.Sex.Ages.Institutions.
    Totals.Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 65 years.65 years and upwards.Union Infirmary.General & Special HospitalsAsylums Board Hospitals.Elsewhere.
    DISEASE.
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    TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    Streatham.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease.Sex-Age.Social Position.
    Population census, 1896 54,338Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.All under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class.Middle and Trading Class.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    Estimated Population, 1897 58,183
    Causes of Death.
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    TABLE TABLE OF DEATHS during the Tear 1897, in the Metropolitan. Sanitary District o/S tr EATHAM ; classified according to diseases, ( A) A ges, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separateAt all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345|678910ii1213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FeversCholera.ErysipelasMeasles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(/)(g)(h)(i)
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    TABLE IV.
    No. of deaths of infauts under 1 year of age.Rate per 1,000 of births registered.
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    social Position. The following indicates the proportion of deaths in the several social grades.
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    The following are the amounts of the Precepts of the School Board for London paid by this District (omitting the Parish of Battersea):—
    £s.d.d.
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    TABLE VI.
    DISEASES.Number of cases notifiedNumber of patient? removed to Hospital.Number died at Hospital.Number died at Home.Total deaths in Hospital and at Home.
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    TABLE VII. Comparative Table of Non-zymotic Mortality.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.1889.1890.1891.189?.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.
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    Forty-six deaths were submitted to the Coroner, who deemed it necessary to hold inquests in 35 instances, and the verdicts of the juries are here set out:—
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    TABLE VIII.
    Age.Males.Females.Total.
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    Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
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    Of the 352 deaths registered, 74 only were of parishioners, as the following table indicates:—
    ParishionersNunParishionersTotals
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    TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.
    Years.Births.Birth-Rates.Deaths from all causes.Death-ratesliates of Natural Increase
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    TOOTING. 1896. Diseases.Totals.Sex.Ages.Institutions.
    Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 65 years.65 years & upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Specia Hospitals.1 Asylums Board | Hospitals.
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    TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    TOOTING.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c , in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.Deaths in Public Institutions within the District.
    Population (Census) 1895,7306Mules.Females.Under 1 Year.From 1 to 5 Years.All under 3 years.From 5 to 15 Years.From 15 to 25 Years.From 25 and under 45 YearsFrom 45 to 65 YearsFrom 65 to 75 Years75 Years and Upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants. Bankers &c.Middle and Trading Class.Industrial & Labouring Class.
    Estimated Population in middle of 18977611Parishioners.Non-Parishioners.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    TABLE ( A ) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of T ooting; classified, according to D iseases A ges, and L ocalities.
    Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12346781 910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevees.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, &c.Heart.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal,
    (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
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    inquests. During the year six deaths were referred to the Coroner, and in four of the cases, inquests were held, and the following are the verdicts of the respective juries:—
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    social Position. The proportion of deaths in the several social grades is here set out:—
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    TABLE IV.
    AGE.Males.Females.Total.
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    Zymotic Mortality,
    188918901891189218931894189618961897
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    Table (B) The following Table classifies the notifications of infectious disease received luring the year under the provisions of Section 54 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, together with information concerning the removal of the infectious sick to isolation hospitals. TABLE TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, (B) coming to the knowledge <f the Medical Officer of Healthy during the year 1897, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Tooting; classified according to D iseases, A ges, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all agesRegistered Births.Aped under or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital
    Census 1896.Estimated to middle of 189712345 I6 I7 18 19101112345 I6 I7 1891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Fevers.Erysipelas,Totals.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Fevers.Puerperal.Erysipelas.Totals.
    Enteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal.Enteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsing
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    Birth and Death-Rates.
    Years.Births.Birth-rate.* Deaths from all causes.Death-rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
    Corrected.Un-corrected.
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    Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.
    WANDSWORTH.TotalSex.Age.Institution
    1897Males.FemalesUnder 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 and under 65 yearsFrom 65 and upwards.Union Infirmary.General and special hospitals.Asylum Board Hospital
    Diseases
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    In Table III. the causes of death are classified under six main groups, and the total number of deaths, as well as the percentage of each to the total deaths, are shown in the following table:—
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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), 189658,101Males.FemalesUnder 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 and under 45 yearsFrom 45 and under 65 yearsFrom 65 and under 75 years.75 and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class. Merchants. Bankers, Ac.Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen. Clerks. Ac.I ndustrial and Labouring
    Estimated Population in middle of 159761,251.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; public institutions being shown as separate localities.At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.(i)12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.i Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total
    (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Typhus.|Enteric or Typhoid.|Continued.Relapsing.|Puel peral.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
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    The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
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    Table TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OP NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Healthy during the year 1897, in the wandsworth Sub-district of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Wandsworth ; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all agesRegistered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the sevaral Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1896.Estimated to middle of 1897.12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.| Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    TABLE IV. Comparative Table of Zymotic Mortality.
    DisEASES.188718881889189018911892189318941895189618971897
    No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
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    The year 1896 shows a much higher percentage of unvaccinated than any previous year, and unless some alteration in the vaccination laws is made, it is almost certain that this percentage will show a still further increase in 1897 and future years.
    Year.Percentage Vaccinated.Percentage Unvaccinated.
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    in outlying institutions for the years 1895, 1893, and 1897.
    Death-rate per 1000.
    189518961897
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    Table VI. Notification of Infectious Diseases.
    DISEASE.No cases notified.No. patients removed to Hospital.No. died in Hospital.No. died at Home.Total deaths in Hospital and at Home.
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    Table VII. Monthly Notifications of Infectious Diseases.
    January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.
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    1Parish of Wandsworth.
    DISEASE.WARD.
    Southfields.Northfield.Fairfield.Heathfield.Earlafield.Springfield.Totals.
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    TABLE VIII. Comparative Table of Non-Zymotic Mortality.
    Diseases.188718881889189018911892189318941895189618971897
    No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
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    Table IX. shows the number of these deaths at different quinquennial periods. TABLE IX.
    Age.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE X.
    Social Position.Total Deaths.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
    1897.Decennial average.1897.Decennial Average.
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    TABLE XI.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    During the year 1897 the Inspector brought to the South London Central Public Laboratory 597 samples of Food and Drugs, classified as follows:—
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    The following tables indicate the nature and number of the various articles examined and the results of their analysis. I.— Dairy Produce. The articles entered under this head included:—
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    All these were legally genuine, except the following 20 which were found to be more or less deficient:—
    Articles submitted.Nature and extent of Impurity.
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    II.— Groceries. These included:—
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    The following 3 were found to be adulterated as under:—
    Articles submitted.Nature and extent of impurity.
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    III.— Bread and Cereals. The following articles were examined and found genuine:—
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    IV. —Drugs. The number of samples under this head were three, of which two were condemned as shown in the following table:—
    Articles submitted.Result of analysis.