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

Wandsworth 1865

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

Published: 1866
Pages: 56
Tables: 17

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CAUSES OF DEATH. The following table will be found to contain a summary of all the causes of death arranged in accordance with the classification of the Registrar-General, shewing the sex, social position, and age at death at different periods, and particularizing the several diseases of the Zymotic class.

WANDSWORTH.		Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.	Sex.		Age.								Social Position.
Population in 1861—13,346. Area in Acres, 2,478.			Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years.	At 20, and under 40 years of age.	At 40, and under 60 years of age.	At 60, and under 80 years of age.	80 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle & Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial & Labouring Classes.
Diseases and other Causes of Death.
Diseases Classified.

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The deaths which have resulted from the principal epidemic diseases during the past and nine preceding years, and the relation which they bore to the deaths from all causes, are shewn in the following table: —

YEARS.	Small Pox	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhœa.	Fever— Typhus and Typhoid.	Total Deaths from Epidemics.	Total Deaths from all causes.	Percentage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from all cases.

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MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.

years 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865
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ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table exhibits the fatality of the seven principal diseases of the epidemic class during the past year, as well as during the nine previous years, and will furnish a means of comparison that will show in a very satisfactory way the extraordinary fluctuations in the total number of deaths from epidemics in the several years named:—

Years. 1856 1857 1858 1859. 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865

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BATTERSEA. Population in 1861—19,852. Area in Statute Acres—2,343		Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.	Sex.		Age.								Social Position.
			Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years.	At 20, and under 40 years of age.	At 40, and under 60 years of age.	At 60 and under 80 years of Age.	80 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry	Professional Class. Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Tarding Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.			Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years.	At 20, and under 40 years of age.	At 40, and under 60 years of age.	At 60 and under 80 years of Age.	80 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry	Professional Class. Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle and Tarding Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.

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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

STREATHAM, including		Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.	Sex		Age								Social Position
TOOTING & BALIIAM. Population in 1861—10,082. Area in Statute Acres—3,465			Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years.	At 20 and under 40 years of age.	At 40 and under 60 years of age.	At 30 and under 90 years of age.	80 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle & Training Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Laboring Classes.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death			Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years.	At 20 and under 40 years of age.	At 40 and under 60 years of age.	At 30 and under 90 years of age.	80 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.	Middle & Training Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Laboring Classes.

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STATISTICS OF MORTALITY, &C.

PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON. Population in 1861—6.481. Area in Statute Acres-2,176.		Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District	SEX		Age								Social Position
			Males	Females	Under 1 year	From 1 to 5 years	From 5 to 10 years	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years	At 20, and under 40 years of age	At 40, and under 60 years of age	At 60, and under 80 years of age	80 years and upwards	Nobility and Gentry	Professional Class, Merchants Bankers, &c.	3Iiddle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, Ac.	Industrial and Labouring Classes
DISEASES, And other causes of Death.			Males	Females	Under 1 year	From 1 to 5 years	From 5 to 10 years	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years	At 20, and under 40 years of age	At 40, and under 60 years of age	At 60, and under 80 years of age	80 years and upwards	Nobility and Gentry	Professional Class, Merchants Bankers, &c.	3Iiddle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, Ac.	Industrial and Labouring Classes

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From the above table and those of former reports has been constructed another, serving to show the annual death rate of the Sub-district for the past ten years, and the proportion of deaths from Zymotic diseases to deaths from all causes in each year.

YEARS.	Number of Deaths from all Causes.	No. of Deaths from Seven of the principal Epidemic Diseases.	Per centage of Deaths from seven principal Epidemics to Deaths from all Causes.

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PROGRESS OF MORTALITY.

REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH.		NUMBER OF DEATHS.
		1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	THE YEAR.
		January, February, March.	April, May, June.	July, August, September.	October, November, December	THE YEAR.

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APPENDIX OF STATISTICAL TABLES. TABLE I. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the Entire District during . 1861, classified according to .Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative Numbers in each Sub-District.

POPULATION of ENTIRE DISTRICT, In 1861, 70,381. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695.		Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Entire District.	Sub-Districts.					Sex.		Age.								Social Position
			capnam—population in 1881, 20,890 area in acres, 1,233.	Wandsworth—Population in 1861, 13,346, area in acres, 2,478.	Battersea—Population in 1861, 19,582, area in acres, 2,343.	Putney—Population in 1861, 6,481, area in acres, 2,176.	Streatnam, Tooting, and Balham-popu lation 1861, 10,082, area in acres, 3,465.	Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years.	At 20, and under 40 years of age.	At 40, and under 60 years of age.	At 60, and under 80 years of age.	80 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, & c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
DISEASES, And other Causes of Death.			capnam—population in 1881, 20,890 area in acres, 1,233.		Battersea—Population in 1861, 19,582, area in acres, 2,343.	Putney—Population in 1861, 6,481, area in acres, 2,176.		Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	From 5 to 10 years.	Under 20 years, including all under 10 years.	At 20, and under 40 years of age.	At 40, and under 60 years of age.	At 60, and under 80 years of age.	80 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, & c.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.

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TABLE II. Biths registered during the year ended 31st December, 1865.

SUB DISTRICT. Males. Females. Total.
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TABLE III. Meteorological Means for 1865, from Observations taken at Greenwich.

Jan., Feb., and March. April, May, and June. Ju!y, Aug., and September. Oct., Nov., and December. The Year.

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TABLE IV. Showing the total Deaths from the principal Epidemic Diseases registered in each Sub-District, and in the entire District, and the relation which they bore to the total Mortality in the several years 1855-65.

Years.	Deaths from Epidemics in each Sub-District.					Entire District.
Years.	Clapham.	Battersea.	Wandsworth.	Putney.	Streatham.	Total Deaths from Epidemics.	Total Deaths Registered.	Per centage of Deaths from Epidemics to Total Deaths.

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TABLE V. Cases of Sickness amongst the Poor under the treatment of tlie Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., (luring the year ended 31st December, 1865. Compiled from the District Medical Belief Books.

SUB DISTRICTS.	Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-district.	1—Small Pox.		2—Measles.		3—Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat.		4—Whooping Cough.		5—Diarrhoea and Dysentery.		6—Cholera.		7—Fever.		8—Erysipelas		9—Puerperal Fever.		10—Lung Diseases except Phthisis.		11—Phthisis.		12—Hydrocephalus Atrophy, Scrofula, and Convulsions of Children.		13—Other Diseases.		14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth.		Total Deaths in each Sub-District.
SUB DISTRICTS.	Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-district.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Cases.	Deaths.	Total Deaths in each Sub-District.

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TABLE VI. Summary of the Sanitary Operations in the entire District daring the year 1865.

Clapham. Battersea. Wandsworth. Putney and Roehampton. Streatham, including Tooting and Balham. Totals.

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Dr. Nicholas, Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, in 1856, appended the following table to his report for that year:— Table showing the Impurity and Hardness of samples of the several kinds of Water in general use in the Parish of Wandsworth.

Source of Supply.	Date.	Solid Constituents in grains per Imperial Gallon.			Hardness in degrees, each degree equal to one grain of chalk per gal.			Remarks.
Source of Supply.	Date.	Organic Matter.	Inorganic Matter.	Total Impurity.	Temporary.	Permanent.	Total.	Remarks.

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Well Waters—Distilled water being taken as 0.

Date. Situation of Wells. Total Impurity in Degrees or Total Residue Grains, Organic Matter, and Nitric Acid.