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Wandsworth 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Re-port of the Medical Officer of Health.
The Table following is a fair test of the social conditions
of the inhabitants of the Borough, and the percentage of domestic
indoor servants to separate occupiers may be taken as fairly
representing the wealth of the inhabitants. This total varies
largely in different Boroughs, the lowest being in Shoreditch 5.7,
and Bethnal Green 5.8, and the highest in Kensington 80, and
Hampstead 81.4.
| Metropolitan Borough. | Families or separate occupiers. | Domestic Indoor Servants. | Proportions per cent, of Domestic Indoor Servants to Families or separate Occupiers. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | ||
| Wandsworth | 49,756 | 17,517 | 380 | 17,137 | 35. 2 | .8 | 344 |
The estimated population on which all the rates in this
Report are based is calculated from the Census return. The
population is estimated to the middle of the year, and amounts
to 234,702.
A correction has, however, to be made for the purpose of
ascertaining the exact rates in the Borough, by the deduction of
all the inmates of public institutions.
The public institutions in the Borough are numerous and
are as follows:—
Population.
Clapham:—
Hostel of God 31
Streatham:—
St. Anne's Home (St. Pancras Parish) 479
Lunatic Asylum (part of) 222
Tooting:—
Tooting Home 640
Fairfield House (Chelsea Parish) 130
Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals:—
Fountain Fever Hospital 354
Grove Fever Hospital 417
Newlands Asylum 34