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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Classes. | Other Classes. | |||||||
| East Battersea | 66,654 | 26.83 | 55.9 | 86.1 | 13.9 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 18.7 |
| West Battersea | 64,317 | 25.89 | 86.3 | 13.7 | 21.6 | 17.5 | 19.81 | |
| Clapham | 40,832 | 16.43 | 33.1 | 45.9 | 54.1 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 14.3 |
| Putney | 14,830 | 5.97 | 6.8 | 55.7 | 44.3 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 13.2 |
| Streatham | 30,280 | 12.18 | 8.7 | 48.22 | 51.78 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15.2 |
| Wandsworth | 31,497 | 12.70 | 12.7 | 67.2 | 32.8 | 19.9 | 17.0 | 18.8 |
* In estimating this rate, the deaths in Union Infirmary which belonged to West Battersea (76 in
number) are included, in order that the rate may be comparable with that of the other sub.districts.