London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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assumed to give a more correct estimate of the children
at the vaccination ages.
4,038 births were registered in 1890, and of these
3,154 were successfully vaccinated, while 276 were left
unaccounted for, which is equivalent to 6 8 per cent.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 1008 | 779 | 4 | .. | 97 | 30 | 15 | 83 |
| Putney | 435 | 327 | 1 | .. | 42 | 28 | .. | 37 |
| Streatham | 1215 | 899 | 2 | .. | 132 | 55 | 39 | 88 |
| Wandsworth | 1380 | 1149 | 10 | .. | 116 | 37 | .. | 68 |
| Totals | 4038 | 3154 | 17 | .. | 387 | 150 | 54 | 276 |
Inquests. The following table gives particulars of the
inquests held during the year. The number was 134,
compared with 138 in the previous year, and was 2.2 per
cent, of the total deaths.
Of the verdicts returned 77 were of death from natural
causes, and 54 from violence; of the latter 32 were
accidental, 13 were suicidal, 9 were homicidal. There
were 3 open verdicts returned.