London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1871

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

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

6
Since the completion of the general tables of statistics
in the Appendix to this Report, it has been found
that the Registrar General has made a correction of his
Census Returns generally, and that he has given to the
entire Wandsworth District 10 more inhabitants than
originally appeared when the result of the enumeration
was first made known in April, 1871. This slight increase
(125,060 instead of 125,050) does not, however, materially
affect the calculations here given.

Table: The following table exhibits the estimated population, the number of deaths, and the ratio of deaths to population for 1871, in the five Sub-districts respectively, placed in the order of their greatest mortality :-

The following table exhibits the estimated population, the number of deaths, and the ratio of deaths to population for 1871, in the five Sub-districts respectively, placed in the order of their greatest mortality :-

SUB-DISTRICTS.Estimated Population in the middle of the Year 1871.Deaths.Ratio of Deaths to Population.
Battersea54,8471,4721 in 37
Wandsworth19,9584531 in 44
Clapham27,5096041 in 45
Putney & Roehampton9,5121511 in 63
Streatham, Tooting, and Balham14,5881871 in 78

Text

Copy text to clipboard

The Sub-districts of both Battersea and Wandsworth
exhibit, of course, a higher ratio than do either of the
other localities, by reason of the many public institutions
contained in the former.
This is more fully explained in the local summaries
themselves; but it may be here remarked that the actual
death-rate of the entire District widely differs from the
natural death-rate, or the rate proper to each Sub-district,
correction being made for the deaths of non-parishioners
in the institutions referred to.
Prevalence and Fatality of Zymotic Diseases, Small
Pox, Vaccination, &c.—But for the excessive number of