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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PARISHES. | NAMES. | ADDRESSES. |
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PARISHES. | NAMES. | ADDRESSES. |
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Names. | Offices. | Addresses. | Salaries. |
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Parishes | Names. | Offices. | Salaries. |
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Parish. | Date of Order. | Name of Road. | Amount of Order. | ||
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£ | s. | d. |
Parish. | Date of Order. | Name of Road. | Amount of Order. |
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Parish. | Date of Order. | Name of Street. |
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PARISHES. | LOCALITIES. | Lengths & Sizes - feet lineal | |||
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18 in. Pipe Sewer. | 15-in. Pipe Sewer. | 12-in. Pipe Sewer. | 9-in. Pipe Sewer. |
Parishes. | No. of Drains. | No. of Houses &c., drained thereby. | Lengths and sizes—feet lineal. | |||||
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18-in. | l5-in. | 12-in. | 9-in. | 6-in. | Total lengths. |
Materials. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth | Total cube yards. |
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Parishes | M. | F. | Y. |
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Where used. | Super Yards | Cost. | ||
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£ | s. | d. |
Name of Road. | Length in yards. | Cost of work. | ||
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£ | s. | d. |
PARISHES. | Length of Road Watered. | Expenditure. | |||||||||||||||
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By Water Company. | Horse Hire. | New Carts, Vans and Standposts. | Water, Labour. Pumping, and Repairs to Pumps, Carts,&c. | Total Expenses. | |||||||||||||
M. | F. | Y. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
PARISHES. | No. of Notices Received. | No. of Houses. | Additions to Houses, &c. | Stabling, Warehouses, Shops and other Buildings. | No. of Churches, Chapels, Schools, and Addition to same. | Total number of Buildings. |
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PARISHES. | WANDSWORTH & PUTNEY GAS COMPANY, | (a) SOUTH METROPOLITAN GAS COMPANY | MITCHAM GAS COMPANY. | BRENTTORD GAS COMPANY. | TOTAL NUMBER OF LAMPS IN EACH PARISH. | ||||||||||
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Number of Lamps at £3 14s. 6d. | By meter at 2s. 8d. per 1000 feet. | Total Number. | Number of Lampsat £3 13/ 9. | Number of Lampsat £3 3/9. | Number of Lampsat £5 12/0. | Number of Lamps at £3 4/9. | By meter at 2s. 3d. per 1000 feet. | Total Number | Number of Lamps at £4 4s. 0d. | Number of Lamps at £3 7s. 6d. (b) | By meter at | 3s. 8d. per 1000 feet. | Total Number. | Number of Lamps at £3 16s. 3d. |
Parishes. | Population. | Numberof Houses. | Area. | ||||
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In 1871 | In 1881 | In 1891 | Inhabited 1881 | Inhabited 1891 | Uninhabited 1891 | Acres. |
PARISHES. | Value as per Valuation List. | ||||
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£ | s. | d. |
Dates of Contracts. | Names and Addresses of Contractors. | Nature of Contracts. |
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Dates of Contracts. | Names and addresses of Contractors. | Nature of Contracts. |
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BIRTHS. | RATES | ||||
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Sub-Districts. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-rate | Rate of Natural Increase. |
DEATHS. | Death-rate. | |||
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Sub-Districts. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Years. | Birth-rate per 1000. | Death-rate per 1000. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Number in Entire District. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
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1890. | 1891 |
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Sub-District. | Population Census, 1891. | Percentage of Total Population. | Number of persons to 1 acre. | Relative mortality of Industrial and other classes. | |
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Industrial classes. | Other classes. |
POPULATION of entire District, (Census) 1891, 156,931. | Total Deaths from each class of Disease in the entire District. | Sub-Districts. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position | |||||||||||||||||
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Clapham—Population, 43,698. Area in acres, 1,233. | Putney—Population, 17,771, Area in acres. 2,176. | Streatham — Population, 42,453, Area in acres, 2,904. | Tooting—Population, 5,784. Area in acres, 561. | Wands worth—Population. 46,720, Area in acres, 2,433. | 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. | 80 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle & Trading Class. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||||
Area in Statute Acres, 9,352. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH |
1887. | 1888. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891 |
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1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 |
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Name of Authority. | Under what circumstances was the notification of Measles adopted in your District,—whether on general grounds or in consequence of an epidemic. | Have you any means of isolation? | What has been your experience of such adoption? |
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Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Total. |
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SUB-DISTRICTS. | Number of Births Returned from 1st January to 31st December 1890. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small-pox. | Dead Unvaccinated. | Postponed by-Medical Certificate. | Removed to District, 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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Inquests. | Total. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. |
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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.—Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | 7.—Influenza. | 8.—Fever. | 9.—Erysipelas. | 10.—Puerperal Fever. | 11.—Lung Diseases, except Phthisis. | 12.—Phthisis. | 13.—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy Scrofula and Infantile Convulsions. | 14—Violence, Privation and Premature Birth | 15.—Other Diseases. | 16.—Age. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | Cases | Deaths |
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Total. |
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YEAR. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
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CLAPHAM. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | ||||||||||||||
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Population (censes) 1891 43,698 | 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, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen Clerks, &c. | Industrial and Labouring Classes. | ||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
DISEASES. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||
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Total | Males. | Females. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 |
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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. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
PUTNEY. | Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. | Sex. | Age. | Social Position. | |||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Under 1 Year. | From 1 to 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | At 25 and under 35 years. | At 35 and under £5 years. | At 55 and under 75 years. | 75 years and upwards. | Nobility and Gentry. | Professional, Merchants, Bankers, &c. | Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, &c. | Industrial & Labouring Classes. | ||||
Population (Census) 17,771 1891 | |||||||||||||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
Zymotic Mortality. | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 |
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YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
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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 & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
STREATHAM. Population 1891 (Census)42,958 | 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 Labouring Classes. | ||||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 |
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DISEASE. | Number cases notified. | Number Patients removed to Hospital. | Number died in Hospital. | Number died at Home. | Total deaths in Hospital and at Home. |
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Causes of Death. | 1889. | 1890. | 1891. |
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Age. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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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. |
TOOTING. Population (Census) 5,246 1891 ) Official Population in middle of 1891 5,700 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 & Labouring Classes. |
1889 | 1890 | 1891 |
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WANDSWORTH. Population (Census) 1891 46,720. Official Population in middle of 1891 47,161. | 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 6 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 20 years. | At 29 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. | |||||
CAUSES OF DEATH. |
DISEASE. | No. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | |||||
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Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals |
Years. | Births. | Birth-rate. | *Deaths from all causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. | |
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Corrected. | Uncorrected. |
Diseases. | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1891. | |||
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No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. |
DISEASE. | No. oases notified. | No. patients removed to Hospital | No. died in Hospital | No. died at Home | Total deaths in Hospital and at Home |
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DISEASE. | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
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Mean Temp. 37.6 | Mean Temp. 51.6 | Mean Temp. 59.3 | Mean Temp. 45.0 |
Causes of Death. | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1891 | ||
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No above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. |
Social Position. | Total Deaths. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | ||
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1891. | Decennial average. | 1891. | Decennial Average. |
Age. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Male. | Females. | Total. |
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Nature of Article. | Number submitted. |
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Articles submitted. | Amount of Impurity. |
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Nature of Article. | Amount of adulteration. |
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