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Wandsworth 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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TABLE II.
Births during the year ending 31st December, 1860.
SUB-DISTRICTS.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Clapham
311
297
608
Wandsworth
195
196
391
Battersea
349
331
680
Putney and Roehampton
85
78
163
Streatham, including Tooting and
Balham
126
112
238
Total
1066
1014
2080
• The excess of Births over Deaths in the entire district is 706.
TABLE III
Meteorological Means for 1860, from Observations taken at
Greenwich.
Jan., Feb.,
and
March.
April, May,
and
June.
July, Aug.,
and
September.
Oct., Nov.,
and
December.
The Year.
Temperature of the
Air
38°8
50°5
56°0
42°6
47°0
Evaporation
36°7
47°4
53°9
41°4
44°9
Dew Point
33°9
44°2
51°7
40°0
42 °4
Weight of Vapour
in a cubic foot
of Air
2.3 grs.
3.3 grs.
4.3 grs.
2.9 grs.
3.2 grs
Degree of Humidity
(Satn 100)
82°0
79°0
85°0
91°0
84°0
Reading of Barometer
29.675 in.
29.718 in
22.721 in.
29.681 in
29.699 in.
Weight of a cubic
foot of Air
552 grs.
539 grs.
533 grs.
447 grs.
552 grs.
Rain (amount of)
4.8 in.
10.7 in.
9.6 in.
6.9 in.
32.0 in.