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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10 Medical Officers of HeaIth Annual Report.
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:—
Sub.District. | Population, 1898. | Percentage of Total Population. | Number of persons to 1 acre. | Relative mortality of Industrial and other classes. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Industrial classes. | Other classes. | ||||
Clapham | 48,496 | 23.9 | 42.6 | 60.8 | 39.2 |
Putney | 21,682 | 10.7 | 9.7 | 60.8 | 39.2 |
Streatham | 60,4.59 | 29.9 | 20.7 | 75.0 | 25.0 |
Tooting | 7,915 | 3.9 | 139 | 64.7 | 35.3 |
Wandsworth | 63,917 | 31.6 | 26.2 | 62.3 | 37.7 |
Table VI. gives the deaths occurring in the entire
District during 1898, classified according to sex, age, and
social position, the relative numbers in each sub.district
being also given.