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Wandsworth 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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TABLE IT.
Births registered during the year 1874.
SUB-DISTRICTS.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Clapham
468
469
937
Wandsworth
338
327
665
Battersea
East—Males, 823; Females, 732
1,499
1,366
2,865
West—Males, C76; Females, 634
Putney and Roehampton
148
142
290
Streatham, including Tooting and Balham
244
220
465
Total
2,697
2,524
5,221
The excess of Births over Deaths in the entire district is 2,425.
TABLE III.
Meteorological Elements for 1874, from Observations taken at
Greenwich.
MEANS.
Jan., Feb.,
and
March.
April, May,
and June.
July, Aug.,
and
September.
Oct., Nov.,
and
December.
The Year.
Temperature of the
Air
41.4°
52.8°
60.90°
42.3°
49.4°
Evaporation
39.3°
49.0°
57.0°
40.9°
46.6°
Dew Point
368°
45.3°
53.7°
39.0°
43.7°
Weight of Vapour
in a Cubic Foot
of Air
2.5 grs.
3.5 grs.
4.6 grs.
2.9 grs.
3.4 grs.
Degreeof Humidity
(Satn. 100)
84°
76°
77o
88°
82°
Reading of Barometer
29.917 in.
29.815 in
29.787 in.
29.700 grs.
29.885 in.
Weight of a Cubic
Foot of Air
553 grs.
538 grs.
529 grs.
548 gre.
542 grs.
Rain (amount of)
2.4 in.
4.2 in.
6.2 in.
7.2 in.
20.0 in.