Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Sub.Distbicts. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birthrate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
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Deaths | Death-rate | |||
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Sub.Districts. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Years. | Births. | Birth.rate per 1000. | Deaths. | Death.rate per 1000. | Natural Increase. | Rate of Natural Increase per 1000. |
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During 10 years, 1851—60 | 20.40 |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Number in Entire District. | East Battercea. | West Battersea. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Wandsworth. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
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SUB.DISTRICTS. | Population in the middle of 1885. | Percentage of Total Population. | Density of Population— Number of Persons to an Acre. | Relative Number per cent, of Industrial and other Classes. | Death.rate per 1,000, including deaths in Public Institutions in Sub.district. | Death.rate per 1,000, excluding deaths in Public Institutions, within and without the Sub.district. | Death.rate per 1,000, including deaths in Outlying Institutions, excluding deaths in Public Institutions within the Sub.district. | |
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Industrial Classes. | Other Classes. |
Whole District. | East Batteisea. | West Battersea. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Wandsworth. |
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Small.pox. | Proportion to Population. | Scarlet Fever. | Proportion to Population. | Enteric Fever. | Proportion to Population. | Typhus Fever | Proportion to Population. |
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SUB. DISTRICTS. | Number of Births Returned from 1st. January to 31st December, 1884. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small.pox. | Dead Unvaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to Dis tricts Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be reached; and cases not having been found. |
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YEARS. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | All under 20 years. | From 20 to 40 year8. | From 40 to 60 years. | From 60 to 80 years. | 80 years & upwards. |
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SUB. DISTEICTS. | ALL AGES. | No. of persons under 5 years. | Death.rate under 5 years. | No. of persons aged 5 to 10 years. | Death.rate 5 to 10 years. | Persons 10 to 20 years. | Death.rate 10 to 20 years | Persons 20 to 40 years. | Death.rate 20 to 40 years. | Persons 40 to 60 years. | Death.rate 40 to 60 years. | Persons 60 to 80 years. | Death.rate 60 to 80 years. | Persons 80 years old and upwards. | Death.rate over 80 years. | |||||
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No. of Persons. | General Death.rate per 1,000 of Population. | No. of Males. | Male Death.rate. | No. of Females. | Female Death.rate. |
Social Status. | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
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Verdicts. | Total. | Battersea | Clapham | Putney | Streatham | WaDdsworth | |
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East | West |
Week of the Year. | Deaths from Diarrhoea in whole Metropolis. | Mean Temperature of Air in Degrees Fahrenheit. | Fall of Rain in inches. |
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YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Natural Increase. |
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EAST BATTEREA. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-district. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 1881 ...... 54,675 Official Population in middle of 1885, 66,654 | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 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 Laboring Classes. | |||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
EAST BATTERSEA. | Total. | Skx. | Aoe. | | Institutions. |
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1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
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Diseases. | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
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Age 11 months | Diarrhoea Convulsions | attended by an unregistered practitioner. |
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WEST BATTTERSEA Population (Census) 1881 52,587 Official Population in middle of 1885 64,317 | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c„ in the Sub-District, | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||||
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Males, | Females, | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years, | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 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 and Labouring Classes, | ||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
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1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
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WEST BATTERSEA. | Total. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | |||||
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Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. | ||
Disease. |
YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
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DISEASE. | Total. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | |||||
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Male. | Female. | Under 1 | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
CLAPHAM. Population (Census) 1881 36,380 Official Population in middle of 1885 40,832 Area in Acres, 1233. causes of death. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the sub-district. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 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 Laboring Classes. |
1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
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YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
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PUTNEY AND ROEHAMPTON. Population (Census) 1881 13.221. Official Population in middle of the year 1885 14,830. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 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 and Labouring Classes. | |||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
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Years. | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
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DISEASE. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||
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Total. | Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
YEARS. | | Births. | Birth-rate | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate | Rate of Natural Increase. |
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DISEASE. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||
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Total. | Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals. | Asy lums Board Hospitals. |
STREATHAM, including | Total deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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TOOTING & BALHAM. Population (Census) 1881 25,553 | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 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 Class. | |||
Official population in middle of 1885 30,280 CAUSES OF DEATH |
1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 1 | 1882 | 1883 1 | 1884 | 1885 |
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DISEASE | Total | Sex | Age | Institution | |||||
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Male | Female | Under 1 | 1 to 60 | 60 and upwards | Union Infirmary | General and Special Hospital | Aslyums Board Hospital |
Years. | Births. | Birth-rate. | * Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. | |
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Corrected. | Uncorrected. |
WANDSWORTH. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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Population (Census) 1881 28,00 Official Population in middle of 1885 31,497 CAUSES OF DEATH. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 6 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 years. | At 20 and under 40 years of age. | At 40 and under 60 years of age. | At 60 and under 80 yoars 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. |
Causes of Death. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | 1883. | 1884. | 1885. | 1885. | ||
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No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. |
Diseases. | 1875. | 1876. | 1877. | 1878. | 1879. | 1880. | 1881. | 1882. | 1883 | 1884. | 1885. | 1885. | |||
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No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. |
DISEASE. | J anuary | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
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Mean Temp. 40.3 | Mean Temp. 52.4 | Mean Temp. 59.1 | Mean Temp. 42.8 |
Social Position. | Total Deaths. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | ||
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1886. | Decennial Average. | 1885. | Decennial Average. |
Age. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Males. | Females. | Total. |
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POPULATION of entire District, (Census) 1881, 210,434. Official Population in middle of 1885, 248,410. Area in Statute Acres, 11,695. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease in the entire District. | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||||||
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East Battersea—Population, 66,654. Area in acres, 947, | West Battersea—Population, 64,317. Area in acres, 1,396. | Clapham—Population, 40,832. Area in acres. 1,233. | Putney—Population, 14,830. Area in acres. 2,176. | S treat bam, Tooting and Balham—Population. 30,280. Area in acres, 3,465. | Wandsworth—Population, 31,567. Area in acres, 2,478. | Males. | Females. | Under 1year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 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 and Laboring Class. | ||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
DISEASES, And other causes of Death | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 |
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SUB - DISTRICTS. | Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District. | Total Deaths in each Sub-District. | 1—Small Pox. | 2—Measles. | 3—Scarlatina. | 4—Diphtheria. | 5—Whooping Cough. | 6—Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | 7—Cholera. | 8—Fever. | 9—Erysipelas. | 10—Puerperal Fever. | 11—Lung Disease except Phthisis. | 12—Phthisis. | 13—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofula and Infantile Convulsions | 14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth | 16—Other Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | Cases | Deaths |
East Battersea. | West Battersea. | Clapham. | Putney. 1 | Streatliam. | Wandsworth | Total. |
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Winter Jan., Feb., March. Spring April, May,June. Summer July, Aug., Sept. Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec. | Temperature of | Elastic Force of Vapour. | Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air. | Degree of Humidity. | Reading of Barometer. | Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air. | Rain. | Reading of Thermometer on Grass. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Air. | Evaporation. | Dew Point. | Air-Daily Range. | Number of Nights it was | Lowest_Reading at Night. | Highest. Heading at flight. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mean. | Diff. from Aveiage of 113 Years. | Diff. from Average i of 43 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 43 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 43 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 43 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 43 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 43 Years. | Mean (Satn—100). | Diff. from Average of 43 Yean. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 43 Years. | Mean. | Diff. fiom Average of 13 Years. | 1 Amount. | Diff. from Average of 70 Years. | At or below 30 | Between 30° & 40°. | Above 40. |