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Wandsworth 1891

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

Published
1892
Pages
173
Tables
69

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    LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, Shewing the Year in which they go out of office.
    PARISHES.NAMES.ADDRESSES.
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    LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.— Continued.
    PARISHES.NAMES.ADDRESSES.
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    RETURN showing the Number of Attendances of Members at Board and Committee Meetings for the Year ended 25th March, 1892.
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    LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
    Names.Offices.Addresses.Salaries.
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    ASSISTANTS IN THE SURVEYORS' OFFICES.
    ParishesNames.Offices.Salaries.
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    The following Orders of Apportionment of the estimated cost of paving new roads nave been made by the Board during the year, viz.:—
    Parish.Date of Order.Name of Road.Amount of Order.
    £s.d.
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    The following Orders of Apportionment of the cost of executing necessary works of repair upon roads not repairable by the Board have been made by the Board during the year under the provisions of section 3 of the Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1890, 53 and 54 Vic., chap. 66.
    Parish.Date of Order.Name of Road.Amount of Order.
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    The following orders relating to this District have been issued by the London County Council during the past year, viz.:—
    Parish.Date of Order.Name of Street.
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    PARTICULARS OF NEW SEWERS.
    PARISHES.LOCALITIES.Lengths & Sizes - feet lineal
    18 in. Pipe Sewer.15-in. Pipe Sewer.12-in. Pipe Sewer.9-in. Pipe Sewer.
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    The following are the particulars of the Private Drains which have been constructed by the Board during the past year, the cost of which has been paid by the persons for whom the work was executed:—
    Parishes.No. of Drains.No. of Houses &c., drained thereby.Lengths and sizes—feet lineal.
    18-in.l5-in.12-in.9-in.6-in.Total lengths.
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    The following are the particulars of the quantities of the materials used in the repairs of the roads and footpaths within the district during the past year, viz.:—
    Materials.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.WandsworthTotal cube yards.
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    The total length of road repaired by the Board is now 111¾ miles, showing an increase of about 2¼ miles during the year. The following are the lengths in each Parish:—
    ParishesM.F.Y.
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    The old stones removed from the crossings and channel along the line of the tramways were used for paving around water posts and in crossings and channel as follows, viz.:—
    Where used.Super YardsCost.
    £s.d.
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    During the past year the following new roads have been adopted by the Board and the cost paid by the owners of the property abutting thereon, viz.:—
    Name of Road.Length in yards.Cost of work.
    £s.d.
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    The details of road watering during the past year are set forth in the following tabular statement:—
    PARISHES.Length of Road Watered.Expenditure.
    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.
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    The details of the Notices for the erection of new buildings are as follows, viz.:—
    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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    DETAILS OF LIGHTING.
    PARISHES.WANDSWORTH & PUTNEY GAS COMPANY,(a) SOUTH METROPOLITAN GAS COMPANYMITCHAM GAS COMPANY.BRENTTORD GAS COMPANY.TOTAL NUMBER OF LAMPS IN EACH PARISH.
    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 NumberNumber 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.
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    The following are the particulars of the last three returns as regards population, and the last two returns as regards houses:-
    Parishes.Population.Numberof Houses.Area.
    In 1871In 1881In 1891Inhabited 1881Inhabited 1891Uninhabited 1891Acres.
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    The rateable value of the several parishes in the District is as follows:—
    PARISHES.Value as per Valuation List.
    £s.d.
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    STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO DURING THE YEAR ENDED 25th MARCH, 1892.
    Dates of Contracts.Names and Addresses of Contractors.Nature of Contracts.
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    STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS— Continued.
    Dates of Contracts.Names and addresses of Contractors.Nature of Contracts.
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    TABLE I.
    BIRTHS.RATES
    Sub-Districts.Males.Females.Total.Birth-rateRate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II.
    DEATHS.Death-rate.
    Sub-Districts.Males.Females.Total.
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    Birth-rates, Death-rates, and rates of Natural Increase in the entire district during the ten years 1881—90 inclusive.
    Years.Birth-rate per 1000.Death-rate per 1000.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE IV. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    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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    It will be seen from this Table that for every 1,000 living there died in the Outlying Institutions:—
    1890.1891
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    TABLE V.
    Sub-District.Population Census, 1891.Percentage of Total Population.Number of persons to 1 acre.Relative mortality of Industrial and other classes.
    Industrial classes.Other classes.
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    TABLE VI. Summary of Deaths and their Causes, registered in the entire District during 1891, classified according to Sex, Age, and Social Position, and showing also the relative numbers in each Sub-District.
    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
    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
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    TABLE VII.
    1887.1888.1889.1890.1891
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    TABLE VIII.
    1888188918901891
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    It will be seen from the general tenor of the replies that they furnish corroboration of the views we have had the honour of expressing in our report of the 9th May, 1891. June 10 th, 1891.
    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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    TABLE IX.
    Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
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    TABLE X.
    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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    TABLE XI.
    Inquests.Total.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.
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    TABLE XII. Sickness amongst Union Poor during 1891.
    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 Birth15.—Other Diseases.16.—Age.
    CasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeaths
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    TABLE XIII. Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1891.
    Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
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    TABLE I. Births and Death Rates.
    YEAR.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths from all Causes.Death-rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    CLAPHAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Population (censes) 1891 43,698Males.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.
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    TABLE III. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    DISEASES.Sex.Age.Institutions.
    TotalMales.Females.Under 1.1 to 60.60 and upwards.Union Infirmary.General & Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Clapham.
    1882188318841885188618871888188918901891
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    TABLE I Birth and Death Rates.
    YEARS.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths from all Causes.Death-rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.
    DISEASE.Sex.Age.Institutions.
    Total.Male.Female.Under 1.1 to 60.60 and upwards.Union Infirmary.General & Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE III.
    PUTNEY.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    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.
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Putney & Roehampton Sub-district
    Zymotic Mortality.18811882188318841885188618871888188918901891
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    TABLE 1. Birth and Death Rates.
    YEARS.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths from all Causes.Death-rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.
    DISEASE.Total.SEX.AGE.INSTITUTION.
    MaleFemale.Under 1.1 to 60.60 and Upwards.Union Infirmary.General & Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    STREATHAM. Population 1891 (Census)42,958Total deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social 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 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.
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in the Streatham Sub-district.
    1882188318841885188618871888188918901891
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    TABLE V.
    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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    TABLE VI. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
    Causes of Death.1889.1890.1891.
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    TABLE VII.
    Age.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE I. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    DISEASE.Total.Sex.Age.Institutions.
    Male.Female.Under 1.1 to 60.60 and upwards.Union InfirmaryGeneral & Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE 11.
    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.
    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.
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    TABLE III. Zymotic Mortality in Tooting Sub-district.
    188918901891
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    STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    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.
    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.
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    TABLE 11. Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.
    DISEASE.No.Sex.Age.Institutions.
    Male.Female.Under 1.1 to 60.60 and upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals
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    TABLE III. Birth and Death Rates.
    Years.Births.Birth-rate.*Deaths from all causes.Death-rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
    Corrected.Uncorrected.
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    TABLE IV. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
    Diseases.188118821883188418851886188718881889189018911891.
    No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
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    TABLE V. NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    DISEASE.No. oases notified.No. patients removed to HospitalNo. died in HospitalNo. died at HomeTotal deaths in Hospital and at Home
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    TABLE VI.
    DISEASE.JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
    Mean Temp. 37.6Mean Temp. 51.6Mean Temp. 59.3Mean Temp. 45.0
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    TABLE VII. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
    Causes of Death.188118821883188418851886188718881889189018911891
    No above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
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    TABLE VIII.
    Social Position.Total Deaths.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
    1891.Decennial average.1891.Decennial Average.
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    TABLE IX.
    Age.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE X.
    Male.Females.Total.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    The articles examined wore thus made up:-
    Nature of Article.Number submitted.
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    TABLE II.—Groceries.
    Articles submitted.Amount of Impurity.
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    TABLE III.-Drugs.
    Nature of Article.Amount of adulteration.