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PUTNEY & ROEHAMPTON.
The report which I have the honour to submit for the
first time as Medical Officer of Health reveals a condition
of things in this Parish eminently satisfactory from a
sanitary point of view. Last year's report, Dr. Walker
was able to describe as the most favourable he had ever
been able to present. And during 1886 I can say that
the sanitary condition, as shown by the following tables,
quite maintains the very high standard then obtained.
Population.
For statistical pnrposes, the population of
Putney and Roehampton in the middle of 1886 may be
put down at 15,210 This is arrived at by calculating
the increase at the same rate as during the former decade.
Births and
Birth-rate.
The birth-rale has shown a slight tendency
to rise as compared with 1885, but is still very
low compared with that of London generally. During
the year 350 births were registered in this sub-district—
176 boys and 174 girls. This is equivalent to an average
of 23.01 per 1,000.
Deaths and
Death-rate.
The number of deaths registered during the
year 1886 was 179, making an average of
11.8 per 1,000. This average shows a slight increase on
that of the previous year. This increase as shown on
table I. is more than accounted for by the increased
number of deaths registered under Zymotic diseases.
Almost half the number of deaths under this class is due
to Whooping Cough, generally accompanied with bronchitic
or pneumonic complication. Whooping Cough
raged rather severely for some months in the sub-district
and naturally we find the vast majority of its victims were
very young children under the age of 5 years.