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)]
This page requires JavaScript
BIRTHS. | RATES | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sub-Districts. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-rate | Rate of Natural Increase. |
DEATHS | Death rate | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Sub-Ditsricts. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Years. | Birth-rate per 1000. | Death-rate per 1000. | Rate of Natural Inerease. |
---|
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Number in Entire District. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
---|
Sub-District. | Population middle of 1889. | Percentage of Total Population. | Number of persons to 1 acre. | Relative mortality of Industrial and other classes. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Industrial classes. | Other classes. |
population; of entire District, (Census) 1881, 103,172. Official Population in middle of 1888, 142,108, Area in Statute Acres, 0,352. CAUSES OF DEATH. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease in the entire District. | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clapham—Population, 45,990, Area in acres, 1.233. | Putney—Population, 16,330, Area in acres. 2,176. | S trtatham—Population, 40,. 00, Area in acres, 2.904. | Tooting—Population, 5,187, Area in acres. 561. | Wandsworth—Population 34,778, Area in acres, 2,478. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 years. | From 20 to 40 years. | From 40 to 60 years. | From 60 to 80 years. | 0 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle & Trading Class. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. |
Whole District. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1888. | 1889. | 1888. | 1880 | 1888. | 1889. | 1888. | 1889. | 1889. | 1888. | 1889. |
SUB-DISTRICTS. | Number of Births Returned from 1st January to 31st December 1888. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small- pox. | Dead Unvaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to Distinct, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be reached; and cases not having been found. |
---|
Verdicts. | Total. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. |
---|
SUB-DISTRICTS. | Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District. | Total Deaths in each Sub-District. | 1.—Small Pox. | 2.—Measles. | 3.—Scarlatina. | 3.—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.—Hydrocephaius, Atrophy Scrofula and Infantile Convulsions. | 14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth. | 15.—Other Diseases | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Total. |
---|
YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
---|
CLAP HAM. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age | Social Position. | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population (caucus) 1881 | 36,380 | 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 Classes, Merchants &c. | Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen Clerks. Arc. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||||
Official Population in Middle of 1889 | 45,990 | ||||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
DISEASE. | Total. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | (30 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylum Board Hospitals. |
1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 |
---|
YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural, Increase. |
---|
DISEASES. | Total | Sex. | Age. | Institutions, | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | tTnion Infirmary. | Gencralv&; Special Hospitals. | Asylum Board Hospitals. |
PUTNEY. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. | Sex. | Age. | Soc1al Position | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | At 40 and under 60 years. | At 60 and under 80 years. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | ||||
Population (Census) 1881 | 13,221 | ||||||||||||||||
Official Population in middle of 1889 | 16,330 | ||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
Zymotic Mortality. | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 |
---|
YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
---|
DISEASE. | Total. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
STREATHAM. | Total deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population (Census) 21,6071881 | Males. | Females | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to in 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 Classes. | |||
Official Population in 40,000 middle of 1889 | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 |
---|
DISEASE. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total. | Male. | Female, | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
TOOTING. Population (Census) 1881 4,851 Offical Population in middlie 5,187 CAUSES OF DEATH. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, 1 &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. 1 | 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 & Labouring Classes. |
1889 |
---|
WANDSWORTH. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease. &e., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population (Census) 1881 28,004. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 years. | At 2ft 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 Classes. | |||
OfficialPopulationin middle of 1889 34,788. | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
DISEASE. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylum Board Hospitals |
Years. | Births. | Birth-rate. | *Deaths from all causes. | Death.rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Corrected. | Uncorrected. |
DISEASE. | January | February | March | April | May | J une | July | August | September | October | November | December |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean Temp. 38.2 | Mean Temp. 54 .5 | Mean Temp. 58.9 | Mean Temp. 43.5 |
Diseases. | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1 89 | 1889. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average |
Causes of Death. | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1889. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. above> corrected average. | No. below corrected average. |
SociaL. Position. | Total Deaths. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1889. | Decennial average. | 1889. | Decennial Average. |
Age. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
---|
Males. | Females. | Total |
---|
Nature ot Article. | Samples submitted. | Samples adulterated | Percentage. |
---|