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Wandsworth 1892

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

Published
1893
Pages
188
Tables
88

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    Showing 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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    LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
    Names.Offices.Addresses.Salaries.
    Hills, Henry GeorgeClerkOffices of the Board, East£600 per annum
    Hill, Wandsworth
    Richards, Charles F.First Office ClerkDitto.£180 „
    Ellis, Edward J.Second DittoDitto.£122 10s. „
    Haddock, William C.Third DittoDitto.40/6 per week
    Rowe, HerbertFourth DittoDitto.32/6 „
    Waters, Charles J.Fifth DittoDitto.22/6 „
    Thome, Arthur W.Sixth DittoDitto.15/- „
    Durrant, Charles C.Collecting ClerkDitto.£160 per annum
    Southam, ArthurSurveyor for Clapham60, Old Town, Clapham£450 „
    Radford, John CharlesDitto, Putney153, High Street, Putney£450 „
    Marten, Henry JamesDitto, Streatham158, Streatham High Road£300 „
    Ditto, Tooting£50 „
    Dodd, PeterDitto, WandsworthParish Wharf, Bell Lane, Wandsworth£300 „
    Field, Oliver, M.D.Medical Officer of Health, ClaphamGardner House, Clapham Common, North Side£170 „
    Orr, William Young, M.B.Ditto, PutneyKenmore, Upper Richmond Road, Putney£170 „
    Sutton, FieldFlowers, M.D.Ditto, StreathamBalham Hill£170 „
    Brock, C. de LisleDitto, TootingAlstone Lawn, Tooting£25 „
    Nicholas, George E.,M.D.Ditto, WandsworthChurch Row, Wandsworth£170 „
    Young, Walter WilliamSolicitorHertford House, Albert Road, Battersea Park, and 24, Ely Place, E.C.£150 per annum and costs in actions in superior courts.
    Muter, Dr. John, F.C.S.Analyst under the Sale of Food, &c., Acts325, Kennington Road10s. for each analysis made, not to excced 400 analyses per annum.
    Smith, Samuel H.Inspector, dittoOffices of the Board, East Hill, Wandsworth£2 10s. per week
    Coote, Thomas C.Messenger and Office KeeperDitto.30/- per week, apartments, coals, and gas.
    Donnelly, Charles H.Office BoyDitto.13/6 per week.
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    OFFICERS IN THE SURVEYORS' OFFICES.
    Parishes.Names.Offices.Salaries.
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    The effect of the Bill in this district for one year, upon the basis of the foregoing figures, is shown in the following tabular statement:—
    PARISHES.Amount of Rate at 6d. on rateable value.Amount of grant based upon population.Difference.
    In favour.Against.
    ££££
  • Page 25
    The following Orders of Apportionment of the estimated cost of paving new roads have been made by the Board during the year, viz.:—
    Parish.Date of Order.Name of Road.Amount of Order.
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    NEW ROADS. The following applications for the formation of new roads in this District have been made to the London County Council during the past year :—
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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 and Nature of Order.
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    PARTICULARS OF NEW SEWERS.
    PARISHES.LOCALITIESLengths & Sizes.—Feet Lineal.
    3ft by2ft Brick Sewer18 in. Pipe Sewer15 in. Pipe Sewer12 in, Pipe Sewer9 in. Pipe Sewer
  • Page 32
    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.Total lengths.
    18-in.15-in.12-in.9-in.6-in.4-in.
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    The following are the particulars of the quantities oJ the materials used in the repairs of the roads and footpaths within the District during the past year, viz :—
    MATERIALS.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total. cube yards.
  • Page 36
    • The total length of road repaired by the Board is now 114 miles, showing an increase of about 2¼ miles during the year. The following are the lengths in each parish :—
    PARISHES.M.F.Y.
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    The following additional sums have been expended in connection with the above work, viz.:—
    Relaying cabstand with 1½ inch French£s.d.
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    The following additional sums have been expended in the parish in paving repairs, viz.:—
    £s.d.
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    The various paving works carried out during the past year amounted to a total cost of £1,407 5s. 3d., and are distributed as follows, viz. :—
    £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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    ROAD WATERING. The details of road watering during the past year art 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.
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    NEW BUILDINGS.
    PARISHES.No of Notices Received.No. of Houses.Additions to Houses, &c.Stabling, Warehouses, Shops and other Buildings.No.of Churches, Chapels, Schools, and Additions to same.Total number of Buildings.
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    DETAILS OF LIGHTING.
    PARISHES.Wandsworth and Putney Gas Company.(a) South Metropolitan Gas Company.Mitch am Gas Company.Brentford Gas Company.Total Number of Lamps in each Parish.
    Number of Lamps at £3 14 6.By meter at 2s. 8 d. per 1000 feet.Total NumberNumber of Lamps at £3 13 9.Number of Lamps at £3 3 9.Number of Lamps it £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 4 0.Number of Lamps at £3 7 6. (b)By meter at 3s. 8d. per 1000 feet.Total Number.Number of Lamps at £3 16 3.
    CLAPHAM....,,8861611913........913 (e)
    PUTNEY454• •454................• •63517 (d)
    STREATHAM••..••38836½4144923½96½••..96½..1020
    TOOTING••....••½••• •• •½81173128..128 ½
    WANDSWORTH992992• •• •..••••• •½• •½..992½ (e)
    Totals..1446••1446381723574151837104½117½3225633571
    (а) The prices charged by the South Metropolitan Gas Company are subject to a discount of 5 per cent. on payment within a month of quarter day. (b) These lamps are extinguished at midnight. (c) Exclusive of one obelisk lamp, burning 30 cubic feet per hour, at £15 12s. 6d. per annum. (d) Exclusive of two 90-light Sugg's lamps fixed in front of the Railway Station, lighted by the L. & S. W. R. Company and the cost of two ordinary street lamps only charged to the Board. (e) Exclusive of a 200-candle Bray's lamp at East Hill charged as two ordinary lamps, one 80-candle Bray's lamp at the Town Hall at £12 14s. 4d. per annum, one Schultz lamp at West Hill at £ 10 10s. per annum, one Sugg's 4-light lamp at fountain at £22 8s. per annum, and one double lamp at Summerstown at £6 18s. 8d. per annum.
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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.Number of Houses.Area.
    In 1871.In 1831.In 1891.Inhabited 1881.Inhabited 1891.Uninhabited 1891.Acres.
  • Page 61
    The following are the amounts of the Precepts of the School Board for London paid by this District (omitting the Parish of Battersea):—
    £s.d. d.
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    STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO DURING THE YEAR ENDED 25TH MARCH, 1893.
    Dates of Contracts.Names and Addresses of Contractors.Nature of Contracts.
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    STATEMENT OF CON Tit ACTS-continued.
    Dates of Contracts.Names and Addresses of Contractors.Nature of Contracts.
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    ESTABLISHMENT EXPENDITURE.
    £s.d.
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    MONEY OWING TO BOARD. MONEY OWING BY BOARD.
    1893.1893.
    March 20th.£s.d.March 25th.£s.d.
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    Receipts and Payments for the
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    Year ended 25th March, 1893.
    March 25th, 1893. PAYMENTS.£s.d£s.d.
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    TABLE I.
    BIRTHS.RATES.
    Sub.Districts.Males.Females.Total.Birth.rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II.
    Sub.Districts.Males.Females.Total.Death-rate.
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    Birth-rates, Death-rates, and rates of Natural Increase in the entire district during the ten years 1882—91 inclusive.
    Years.Birth-rate per 1000.Death-rate per 1000.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE IV.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Number in Entire District.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Union Infirmary.General and" Special Hospitals.Asylums Hoard Hospitals.
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    It will be seen also from this Table that for every 1,000 living there died in the Outlying Institutions :—
    1891.1892.
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    TABLE V
    Sub-District.Population, 1892.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.
    Sub-Districts.Sex,Age.Social Position.
    POPULATION. Census 1891 156,931 Official Population in middle of 1892, 162,245Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the District.Clapham—Population, 44,111 Area in acres, 1,233Putney—Population, 18,226 Area in acres, 2,176Streatham—Population, 45,000 Area in acres, 2.904Tooting—Population, 5,276 Area in acres, 561Wandsworth—Population, 49,632 Area in acres, 2,433Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 75 years.75 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 VI,
    Sub-Districts.Shx,Age.Social Position.
    POPULATION . Census ...... 1891 156,9S1 Official Population in middle of 1892, 16.',215o . l| 'J.£ v *5 E c o •-* r d •5 rt >1)* 3sa o rt 3 « a o f| 3 § nney—Population, 18,226 Area in acres, 2,1/6:atham—Population, 45,000 Area in acres, 2.904•ting—Population, 5,276 Area in acres, 561i;* c .2 rt . IS c. j- 0 0 I.S c s "OV■A jyrt 9 X 5d rt V >» 0 Ert V >» 0 »/5 1rt >» 0 ?i O O 5£ rt V >» '-2 2 e-j E■A c rt y — 2 0 Ec V 0 0 >0 Ei rt ■s Qt 3 3 rt £ rt V6 c -0 c rt >>fessional Class, Merchants, Hankers, Ac.■yf rt . hi) „ I-5T3 L rt T3 c 3 U « E u a 3-2lustrial and Labouring Classes.
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    TABLE VII.
    188718881889189018911892
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    TABLE VIII.
    18881889189018911892
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    TABLE IX.
    Clapham.Putney.Streatham,Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
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    TABLE X.
    INQUESTS.Total.Claphain.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.
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    TABLE XI. Sickness amongst Union Poor during 1892.
    SUB-DISTRICTS.total cases of sickness treated in each sub-distltlct.total deaths in each sub-district.1.—Small Pox.2. —Measles.3.—Scarlatina.4.—Diphtheria.5.—Whooping Cough.6.—Diarrhoea and Dysentery.7. —Influenza.8.—Fever.9.—Erysipelas.10.—Puerperal Fever.11.—Lung Diseases, Except Phthisis.12.—Phthisis.13.—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy Scrofula and14.—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth.15.—Other Diseases.16.—Age.
    casesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeaths|casesdeathscasesdeathscasesdeaths
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    TABLE XII.
    SUB-DISTRICTS.Number of Births Returned from 1st January' to 31st December 1891Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Small-pox.Dead Unvaccinated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Removed to District, Vaccinntion 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 XIII.
    Clapham.PutneyStreatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
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    Averages of the Monthly Analyses of Water in 1892. The numbers relate to parts per 100,000
    emperature in Centigrade degrees.Total Solid Matter,Organic Carbon.Organic Nitrogen.Ammonia.Nitrogen as Nitrates and Nitrites.Total Combined Nitrogen.Chlorine.Total Hardness.Proportion Amount of Organic Elements, that in the Kent Companies Water during the 9 years ending 1876being taken as one.Number of Microbe Colonies developed in each cubic centimetre of water.
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    TABLE I. Birth 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. Population (Census), 1991 43,698 Official Population in middle of 1892 44,711Total 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 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 45 years.From 45 to 65 years.From 65 to 75 years.75 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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    k2 3 TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1892, in the Metropolitan Santtary District of Clapham, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and. Births are in Table B.)Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.5 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.TyphusFevers.puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.[Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Enteric or typhoid.ontinued.Relapsing.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
    CLAPHAM591143812022178147Under 514211926235211110224
    5 upwds156121149806013148367
    BRITISH HOME FOR INCURABLES743Under 5
    5 upwds77
    HOSTEL OF GOD132110Under 51
    5 upwds101213
    Under 5
    5 upwds
    Totals611143812223192150Under 521192611235 |21111224
    5 upwds156121159816013157387
    The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
    Deaths occurring outside the district among persons belonging thereto.106618734329Under 511211113222
    5 upwds2311991054584
    Deaths occurring within the district among persons not belonging thereto.2021143Under 5
    5 unwds101920
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    K2 11 table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1892, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Clapham ; (B) classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localitiesadopted for thepurpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all AgesRegistered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed fkom their Homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1892.1234567891011121312345678910111213
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.MembranousCroup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphteria.Membranous 1 Croup.F evers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus,Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    TABLE III. Deaths in Outlying District.
    DISEASES.Sex.Age.Institutions.
    Tota .Males.Females.Under 1.1 to 60.60 and upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board. Hospitals.
    Influenza4..4..133l..
    Small Pox..................
    Scarlet Fever1367112......13
    Diphtheria523..5......3
    Enteric Fever11....1....1
    Erysipelas1..1....11....
    Measles11....1......1
    Other Zymotic Diseases11........1..
    Tubercular Diseases1082..9155..
    Cancer413..2213..
    Rheumatism22......22....
    Respiratory Diseases954..3663..
    Circulatory Diseases945..6354..
    Nervous Diseases14104..86113..
    Other Diseases251411410111312..
    Violence743..7..16..
    Totals106593766535484117
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Clapham.
    1883188418851886188718881889189018911892
    Influenza..............42227
    Small Pox..2................
    Measles3333311251411173220
    Scarket Fever83..1652212
    Diphtheria7846101617429
    Enteric Fever3483454346
    Whooping Cough16152534252815162026
    Epidemic Diarrhoea19181625241511181212
    Other Zymotic Diseases261254614336
    Total deaths from Zymotic Diseases11295618410081646796108
    Zymotic Death-rate2.92.31.492.02.21.91.41.532.192.41
    Death-rate from all Diseases15.113.712.412.913.912.411.613.8813.6513.66
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    TABLE V. Number of Notifications received during the year, tcith number of cases removed to Hospital and the number of deaths.
    Number of Cases Notified.Number of Patients removed to Hospital.Number died in Hospital.Number died at Home.Total Deaths.
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    TAB LB VI.
    18821883188418851886188718881889189018911892Number above corrected decennial average.Number below corrected decennial average.
    Gout and Rhcumatism..9. .. .339469781. .
    Cacer and other Tumours. .24. .1623301821293226. .1
    Other Constitutional Diseases. .. .. .16762531. .3
    Tubercular157669687775686979719016. .
    Nervous650670SO79817074777454. .28
    Circulatory47395340355249565759628. .
    Respiratory14511397120103110103105139125116. .13
    Digestive3426383039464118263236. .1
    Urinary16218616149151512161. .
    Generative1... .75221512. .1
    Locomotory. .. .411. ...11. .1. .. .
    Integumentary132. ...11. .. .. .. .. .1
    Premature Birth, Low Vitality,&c.34604736284649504448512. .
    0Id Age372522313318343727201417
    Violence117118129131316152411. .
    Illdefinid and Not Specified48825. .1. .. .. .312••7
  • Page 119
    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 Outlying Institutions.
    DISEASES.Sex.Age.Institutions.
    Total.Males.Females.Under 1.1 to 6o.6o and upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special-Hospital.Asylums Boards Hospital.
    Small Pox..................
    Scarlet Fever1..1..1......1
    Diphtheria312..2......3
    Enteric Fever11..1......1
    Whooping Cough..................
    Measles..................
    Other Zymotic Diseases..................
    Tubercular Diseases624..633..
    Cancer4..4..3122..
    Rheumatism..................
    Respiratory Diseases624..3351..
    Circulatory Diseases211..1111..
    Nervous Diseases3a1..3..3....
    Other Diseases..17611..1255111
    Violence22....2....2..
    45] 6291341019200
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    TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    PUTNEY.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. &c., in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Population (Census), 1891,17,771.Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 & under 45 years.From 45 & under 65 years.From 65 & upwards.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    Official Populalation in middle of 1892,18,226.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
  • Page 123
    K2 3 TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1892, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Putney; classified according to (A) Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages. 1Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
  • Page 124
    K2 11 TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming (B) to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1892, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Putney; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all AgesRegistered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases ok Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1892.1234567891011121312345678910111213
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphteria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    Zymotic Mortality in Putney and Rochampton Sub-district.
    Zymotic Mortality.1883188418851886188718881889189018911892
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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 Outlying Institutions.
    STREATHAM. Diseases.Totals.Sex.Ages.Institutions.
    Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 yearsFrom 5 to 15 yearsFrom 15 to 25 yearsFrom 25 to 65 years65 years & upwardsUnion Infirmary.General & Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
  • Page 136
    TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    STREATHAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c., in the Sub-District.SexAge.Social Position.
    Population Census, 180142,958Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 & under 45 years.From 45 & under 65 years.From 65 & under 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen, Clerks, &c.
    Official Population in middle of 189245,000
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
  • Page 138
    K2 3 TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1892, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of streatham; classified according to (A) Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Mortality from all causes, at subjoined ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
  • Page 139
    K2 11 TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming (B) to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1892, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Streatham; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality Coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed From their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1892.1234567891011121312345678910111213
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphteria.MembranousCroup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    Social Position. The subjoined table gives the proportion of deaths in the several social grades.
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in the Streatham Sub-District.
    1883188418851886188718881889189018911892
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    TABLE V. The following table gives the tolal number of notified diseases, the number of cases removed to Hospital, and the number of deaths that took place, in both the Sub-district and the Hospital.
    DISEASES.Number cases notifiedNumber patients removed to Hospital.Number died at 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.1889.1890.1891.1892. .
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    TABLE VII.
    Age.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE I. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    TOOTING. 1812. iseases.Totals.Sex.Ages.Institutions.
    Males.Females.Under 1 year.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 05 years.65 years & upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE II. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    TOOTING. Population (Census) 1891 5246 Official Population 5276in middle ofTotal 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 t 15 Years.From 15 to 25 Years.From 25 and under 45 YearsF rom 45 arfd under 65 Y earsFrom 65 and under 75 Y ears75 Years and Upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers &c.Middle and Trading Class Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial & Labouring Classes
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    K 23 TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1892, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of tooting; classified according to (a ) Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
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    K 211 TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming ( B ) to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of' Health, during the year 1892, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Tooting ; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. (a)Population at all Ages(d) Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5. (e)New Cases ok sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    (B) Census 1891.(C) Estimated to middle of 1892.1234567891011121312345678910111213
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous 1 Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphteria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera. iErysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus. 1Enteric or' Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Tooting Sub.district.
    1889189018911892
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    TABLE I. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    WANDSWORTH. Population 46,720 (Census), 1891 Official Population 49,032 in middle of 1892Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. Ac., in the Sub.District.Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Males.FemalesUnder 1 year. __ _____From 1 to 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 and under 45 years.From 45 and under 65 years.From 65 and under 75 years.75 and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class. Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen. Clerks,&cIndustrial and Labouring Classes.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1892, in the "Wandsworth Sub.District of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of (A) classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
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    K 2 11 TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1892, in the Wandsworth Sub.District of the Metropolitan (B) Sanitary District of Wandsworth ; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. (a)Population at all AgesRegistered (d) Births.Aged under 5 or over 5. (e)New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    (b) Census 1891.(c) Estimated to middle of 1892.123451 01 71 «i »101112IS123451 6! 71 8i »10111213
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.|Diphtheria. jMembranous 1 Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous 1 Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.| Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Out.lying Institutions.
    DISEASE.No.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.188218831884188518861887188818891890189118921892
    No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
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    TABLE V. NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    DISEASE.No. cases 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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    TABLE VI.
    DISEASE.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.
    Mean Temp. 37.5°Mean Temp, 53.4°Mean Temp 59.2°Mean Temp. 42.3°
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    TABLE VII. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
    Diseases,188218831884188518861887188818891890189118921892
    No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
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    TABLE VIII.
    Social Position.Total Deaths.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
    1892.Decennial average.1892.Decennial Average.
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    TABLE IX.
    Age.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE X.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    The total number of samples submitted by the Inspector was 303, while 7 samples were sent in by various residents of the district under the provisions of the Act; thus making a total of 310 articles as follows:—
    Nature of Article.Number submitted.
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    The following tables show the nature and amounts of the impurities detected. TABLE I.—Dairy Products.
    Articles submitted.Amount of Impurity.
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    Table II.—Groceries.
    Articles Submitted.Amount of Impurity.
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    TABLE III.
    Nature of Article.Adulteration.