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There appears to be a great disparity in the numbers of deaths
recorded under the head of social position:—
Deaths amongst the Nobility and Gentry 25
,, Professional and Merchant Class 24
,, Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c. 57
,, Industrial or Labouring Class, &c.180
By reference to a table in the Appendix, relating to the sickness and
mortality amongst the pauper population of the entire district, it will
be seen that 1,133 cases of illness, and 40 deaths, are recorded as having
occurred in Clapham during the past year. The rate of mortality, therefore,
amongst this class of persons, is under 4 per cent, upon the cases
of sickness.
Inspection of Houses.
During the year 1856, 426 houses were inspected, duly entered in the
Inspector's books, and reported to the Board. In almost every case an
order was given by the Board to execute the necessary sanitary works,
under the provisions of the Metropolis Local Management Act. 1 am
happy to have to state, that the notices served by your Inspector were
for the most part attended to; and that large numbers of the poorer
classes now enjoy the blessings of a liberal supply of water, and other
sanitary requisites heretofore unknown in and about their dwellings.
Ventilation of Public Buildings, Schools, &c.
Accompanied by the Inspector. I examined during the year the ventilation
of the following Churches and Chapels:—St. Paul's Church, Matrimony
Hill; Mr. Hill's Church, Grafton Square; the Parish Church,
Clapham Common; St. John's Church, Clapham Rise; the Crescent
Chapel, Crescent Place; the Catholic Church, Park Road; St. James's
Church, Park Hill; Christ Church, New Street; the Baptist Chapel,
Clapham Common; and the Baptist Chapel, Wirtemberg Street. Inmy
weekly reports will be found the full details of these inspections, with the
modes of ventilation adopted, which in many cases I found very defective.
I also, accompanied by your Inspector, examined the ventilation of
the following Public Schools:—The British Schools, Wirtemberg Street;
the Parochial Schools, Clapham Common; the Bowyer Schools, New
Street; the Boys' and Girls' Schools, Park Place; the British Orphan
Schools, Clapham Rise; the Infant Schools, Nelson Row; St. James's
Schools, Lyham Road; the Infant Schools, Acre Square, Park Koad;
the St. James's Infant Schools, Park Road; the St. John's Infant
Schools, James Street; and Christ Church Infant Schools, Howard
Street. In my reports of these schools I gave the number of children
in each, the amount of cubic feet of air to each child, and pointed out
the defective sanitary arrangements I discovered in these places.
Offensive Trades, Slaughter-Houses, &c.
From offensive trades I am happy to state we are almost free. 1
examined, on three separate occasions, 21 slaughter-houses. The
owners having fulfilled the necessary sanitary requirements in 19 cases,