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Wandsworth 1895

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

Published
1896
Pages
229
Tables
119

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    LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, Showing the year in w hich 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 the Board and Committee Meetings for the year ended 25th March, 1896.
    NAMES OF MEMBERS.Mo. of Board Meetings attended.No. of Special Board Meeting attended.No. of Special Committee Meetings attended.No. of Finance Committee Meetings attended.No. of General Purposes Committee Meetings attended.No. of General Purposes Committee Sub-Committee Meetings attended.No. of Sanitary Committee Meetings attended.No. of Local Committee Meetings attended.No. of Local Committee Sub-Committee Meetings attended.No. of Streatham Road Widening Committee Meetings attended.No. of Conferences and Deputations attended.Total Number of Meetings attended.REMARKS.
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    NAMES OF MEMBERS.No. of Board Meetings attended.No. of Special Board Meetings attended.No. of Special Committee Meetings attended.No. of Finance Committee Meetings attended.No. of General Purposes Committee Meetings attended.No. of General Purposes Committee Sub-Committee Meetings attended.No. of Sanitary Committee Meetings attended.No. of Local Committee Meetings attended.No. of Local Committee Sub-Committee Meetings attended.No. of Streatham Road Widening Committee Meetings attended.No. of Conlerences and Deputations attended.Total Number of Meetings attended.REMARKS.
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    LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
    Names.Offices.Addresses.Salaries.
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    LIST OF OFFICERS— Continued.
    Parishes.Names.Offices.Salaries.
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    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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    The following Orders of Apportionment of the excess of the actual over the estimated cost of paving new roads have been made by the Board during the year, viz.:—
    Parish.Date of Order.Date of Original Order.Name of Road.Amount of Order.
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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 & 51 Vic., cap. 66), viz.: —
    Parish.Date of Order.Name of Road.Amount of Order.
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    The following Order of Apportionment of the estimated expense of flagging footways has been made by the Board during the year under the provisions of 53 & 54 Vic., cap. 54, viz.:—
    Parish.Date of Order.Name of RoadAmount of Order.
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    NEW ROADS. The following applications relating to 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 and Sizes.—Feet Lineal.
    Brick Sewer18-in. Pipe Sewer15-in. Pipe Sewer12-in. Pipe Sewer9-in. Pipe Sewer6-in. Pipe Sewer
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    PRIVATE DRAINS. 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, — feet lineal.
    18-in.15-in.12-in.9-in.6in.4-in.
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    HIGHWAYS 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.Wandsworth.Total. cube yards.
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    The total length of road repaired by the Board is now 127 miles, showing an increase of about 5¼ miles during the year. The following are the lengths in each parish:—
    PARISH.M.F.Y.
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    The cost of working the rollers during this period has been as follows, viz.—
    £s.d.
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    Daily Cost.
    £s.d.
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    During the past year the following roads have been adopted by the Board, and the cost of paving them paid by the owners of the property abutting thereon, viz.:—
    Name of Road.Length in yards.
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    The cost of working the rollers during the past year was as follows, viz.:—
    £s.d.
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    The following is the expenditure for dusting during the year, viz. :—
    Cost of collection : —£s.d.£s.d.
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    The total expenses incurred in collecting and disposing of the refuse daring the year are as follows, viz.: —
    £s.d.
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    The following is the cost for the year, viz;:-
    £s.d.
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    The cost of scavenging has been £5,138 14s. 7d., made up as follows, viz.: —
    £s.d.
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    The cost of seavenging has been £415 15. 6d. made up as follows, viz:-
    £s.d.
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    ROAD . WATERING. The details of road watering during the past year are set forth in the following tabular statement:—
    PARISHLength of Road Watered.Expenditure.
    Horse Hire.New Carts, Vans, and Standposts.Water, Labour, and Repairs to Carts, the.Total Expenses.
    M.F.Y.£s.d.£s.d.£a.d.£s.d.
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    NEW BUILDINGS. The details of the Notices for the erection of new buildings are as follows:—
    PARISH.No of Notices Received.No. of Houses.Additions to Houses, Ac.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.
    PARISH.Wandsworth and Putney Gas Company.(a) South Metropolitan Gas Company.Mitcham Gas Company.Brentford Gas Company.Total Number of Lamps in each Parish.
    .Number of Lamps at £3 7 6.By meter at 28. 4d. per 1000 feet.Total NumberNumber of Lamps at £3 13 9.Number of Lamps at £3 3 9.Number of Lamps at £5 12 0.Number of Lamps at £3 4 9.By meter at 2s. 3d. per 1000 feet.Total Number.N umber 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 14 5.
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    In 20 cases proceedings were ordered to be taken against the vendors, with the following results, viz.:—
    Articles.Case No.Extent of Adulteration.Fines or other Result.
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    The following sums have been received by the Board under the provisions of this Act, viz.: —
    Date.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Totals for the District.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    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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    RATES. The following table shows the amount in the £ of the respective rates therein mentioned which have been levied by the Overseers of the several Parishes in the District during the last six years, viz.:-
    PARISH.Year.Poor Rate.General Rate.Sewers Rate.Lighting Rate.Totals.
    s.d.s.d.S.d.s.d.s.d.
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    CENSUS RETURNS.
    PARISH.Population.Number of Houses.
    In 1871.In 1881.In 1891.In 1896.Inhabited 1881.Uninhabited 1881.Inhabited 1891.Uninhabited 1891.
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    RATEABLE VALUE AND AREA OF DISTRICT. The rateable value and area of the several parishes in the District are as follows :—
    PARISH.Value as per Valuation List, April 5th, 1895.Value as per Valuation List, April 5th, 1896.Area.
    Acres.
    ££
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    STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO DURING THE TEAR ENDED 25 TH MARCH, 1896.
    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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    ESTABLISHMENT EXPENDITURE.
    £.sd.
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    MONEY OWING TO BOARD.
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    MONEY OWING BY BOARD.
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    Receipts and Payments for the
    March 25th, 1895.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Year ended, 25th March, 1896.
    March 2otb, 1896.PAYMENTS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    appendix a. THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE WANDSWORTH DISTRICT. Account in detail, showing the Receipts and Expenditure of the Board for the year ended March 25th, 1896.
    ACCOUNT.Balances on 25th March, 1895.RECEIPT8.EXPENDITURE.Balances on 25th March, 1896.
    FromUnder Equalisation of Rates Act.Contribu tions towards Sewers.Private Drains.Making up New Roads.Establisli ment.Other Receipts.Total Receipts.Making up New Roads.Highways.Improve mentsDustingWatering.Construction of Sewers.Repairing SewersCleansing Sewers.Private Drain and other Works.Lighting Public LampsSalaries (exclusive of Establisliment Charges).Establishment Charges.School Board Expenses.Interest on Loans.Sundries.Total Payments.
    In Favour.Against.Paid by Owners.Paid by Board.In Favour.Against.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.|£s.d.£s.d.£s.d..£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    ACCOUNT OF LOANS.
    Balances owing by Board on 25th March, 1895.Amounts paid off ill year ended 25th March, 1896.Balances owing by Board on 25th March, 1896.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    ACCOUNT OF LOANS, SHOWING AMOUNT OWING, &c. BY EACH PARISH.
    PARISH.Amounts owing 25th March, 1895.Amounts paid off in year ended 25th March, 1896.Amounts owing 25th March, 1896.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    TABLE I.
    BIRTHS.RATES.
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    The following Table shows the distribution in the sub-districts:— TABLE II.
    DEATHS.Uncorrected Death-rate.Corrected Death-rate.
    Sub-Districts.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE III. Birth.rates, Death.rates, and rates of Natural Increase in the entire district during the ten years 1885-94 inclusive.
    Years.Birth.rate per 1000.Death.rate per l000.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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    The relative proportions in the sub-districts is as follows:—
    1894.1895.
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    TABLE V.
    Sub-District.Population, 1895.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.
    POPULATION Census 1891 156,931Total Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., in the District.Sub-Districts.Sex.Age.Social Positiion.
    Clapham—Population, 47,238 Area in acres. 1,233Putney—Population, 19,624 Arm in acres, 2,176Streatham-Population, 51,126 Area in acres, 2,904Tooting—Population, 6,250 Area in acres, 561Wandsworth —Population, 57,863 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, Hankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    Estimated Population in middle of 1395. 183.101
    CAUSES OF DEATH
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    TABLE VII. Showing the total number of deaths and their causes, registered in the entire District during the nine years 1887-95, with the relative numbers of each class of disease:—
    188718881889189018911892189318941895
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    TABLE VIII.
    18881889189018911892189318941895
    Clapham1.91.41.52.192.412.51.572.41
    Putney1.0.731.11.231.972.61.41.68
    Streatham1.7.81.82.212.351.741.521.79
    Tooting..2.41.72.432.465.05.18*2.4*
    Wandsworth3.71.33.32.073.802.542.31.62
    Whole District2.11.12.12.062.762.391.88*1.85*
    •Excluding drnths at Fountain Hospital from outside district.
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    TABLE IX. Number of Notifications received during the year.
    Clapham.Putney.Streatham,Tooting.WandsworthWhole District.
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    Number of Notifications received each year since the passing of the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act:—
    189018911892189318911895
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    TABLE X.
    INQUESTS.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Totals.
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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, 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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    Averages of the Monthly Analyses of Water in 1895. The numbers relate to parts per 100,000.
    Temperature in Centegrade degrees.Total Solid Matter.Organic Carbon.Organic Nitrogen.Ammonia.Nitrogen as Nitrates and Nitrites.Total Combined Nitrogen.Chlorine.Total Hardness.Proportional amount of Organic elements, that in the Kent Companies Water during the 9 years ending 1876 being taken as unity.Number of Microbe Colonies developed in each cubic centimetre of water.Number of days' supply contained in storage reservoirs.
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    TABLE XIII. Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District during the year 1895.
    Clapham.PutneyStreatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
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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
    CLAPHAMTotal Deaths from each Class of 1 1 disease, &c. in the Sub-District. |SexAgeSocial 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. Ac.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    Population (Census), 1891 43,698
    Estimated Population in middle of 1895 47,238
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    T ABL E TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary S u b -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 if.)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.12345678910111212141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic F everAgue.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)
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    The subjoined numbers have also to be taken into account in judging of the above records of mortality.
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    TABLE III. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    DISEASES.SexAgeInstitutions
    Total.Males.Females.Under1.1 to65.65 and upwards.Union Infrmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Clapham.
    1886188718881889189011891118921893118941895
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    TABLE T.
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    TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, (B) coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-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.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 sucn Cases Removed from their Homes in tiie several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1895.
    12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Fevers.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.RelapsingPuerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.j Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    TABLE VI.
    18851886188718881889189018911892189318941895Number above corrected decennial average.Number below corrected decennial average.
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    Forty-seven Inquests have been held during the year, the following being the verdicts:—
    Males.Females. Total.
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    TABLE I. Birth and Death Hales.
    YEARS.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths from all Causes.Death-rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    SexAgeInstitutions
    DISEASES.Total.Males.Females.Under 1.From 1 to 6o.6o and upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospital.
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    TABLE III STATISTICS OF MORTALITY
    PUTNEYTotal Deaths from each Class of Disease.&c., in the Sub-District.SexAgeSocial Position
    Population (Census), 189117,771.| Males.Females.J 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&c., 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, Ac.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    Estimated Populalation in middle of 189519,624.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    The following two tables, A and B, are inserted at the request of the medical officer of the Local Government Board to ensure a uniform method of classification over the entire Kingdom. The same information is given under different forms in the various other tables:— table TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of P utney; classified according to D iseases ( A ) A ges, and L ocalities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (Column 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 nil 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.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea 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)(i)
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    table TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, ( B) coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Putney ; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names ofLocalities 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 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 1895.12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.FeversCholera.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 IV. Zymotic Mortality in Putney and Roehampton Sub-district.
    Zymotic Mortality.1886188718881889189018911892189318941895
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    TABLE V.
    No. of cases notified.No. of patients removed to Hospital.No. died in Hospital.No. died at Home.Total deaths.
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    TABLE VI. MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
    January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.
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    TABLE VII. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.1889189018911892189318941895
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    TABLE VIII.
    Males.FemalesTotal.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.
    YEARS.Births.Birth-rates.Deaths from all Causes.Death-ratesRates of Natural Increase.
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    Sex.Ages.Institutions.Elsewhere.
    STREATHAM. DISEASE.Totals.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 65 years.65 years and upwards.Union Infirmary.General & Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    STREATHAM.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, Ac., in the Sub-District.SexAge.Social Position.
    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 15 years.From 45 to 65 years.From G5 & under 75 years.75 years and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, &c.Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, 4c.Industrial and Labouring Classes.
    Population Census, 189142,958
    Estimated Population,189551,126
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    table TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of S treatham; classified according to D iseases, (A) A ges, and L ocalities.
    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 65.65 and upwards.12346678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
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    The following compares the infantile death-rates of the past five years.
    No. of deaths of infants under 1 year of age.Rate per 1,000 of births registered.
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    The subjoined table gives the proportion of deaths in the several social grades.
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    TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in the Sub-District o) Streatham.
    18851886188718881889189018911892189318941895
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    table table of population, births, and of new cases of infectious sickness ( b) coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1895. in the Metropolilav Sanitary District of S 'lREATHAM classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Tublie Institution 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 HealthNumber of such Cases Removed from. their Homes in the several Localities; for Treatment in Isolation Hospital
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 189512345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous Croup.FeverCholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal.]Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    TABLE V.
    DISEASES.Number of cases notifiedNumber of 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.1889.1890.1891.1889.1893.1894.1896.
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    TABLE VII.
    Age.Males.Females.Total.
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    Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
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    The causes of death were as follows :—
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    TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.
    Years.Births.Birth-Bates.Deaths from alt causes.Death-rates.Rates of Natural Increase
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    TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.
    TOOTING 1895. Diseases'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 (>5 years.65 years & upwards.Union Infirmary.Genera) and Specia Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    TOOTING.Total Deaths from each Class of Disease, &c , in the Sub-District.Sex.Age.Social Position.Deaths in Public Institutions within the Sub-District.
    Population (Census) 1891, 5784Males.Females.UnderlYear.From 1 to 5 Years.All under 5 years.From 5 to 15 Years.From 15 to 25 Years.From 25 and under 45 YearsFrom 45 and under 6.i Years!From 05 and under 75 Years75 Years and Upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers &c.Middle and Trading Class Shopmen, Clerks, &c.Industrial & Labouring Classes.
    Estimated Population in middle of 1895 6250Parishioners.Non- Parishioners.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    TABLE OF deaths during the Year 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of T ooting; classified according to D iseases ( a ) A ges, and L ocalities.
    Names op Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. {Columns for Population and Births arc in Table B.)MORTALITY FROM ALL CAUSES, AT SUBJOINED AGES.mortality fromsubjoinedcauses, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 55 and under 15. |15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141510171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.DiphtheriaMembranous 1 Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea 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)(i)
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    TABLE IV.
    AGE.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE V. Zymotic Mortality,
    188918901S911892189318941895
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    table TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OP NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, (B) coming to the knowledge of the Medical- Officer of Health, during the year 1895, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of T ooting ; classified according to D iseases, A ges, and L ocalities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separato localities.Population at all agesRegistered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases on sickness in bach locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer op health.Number of such Casks Removed from their homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1895.12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheria.Membranous Croup.FeversCholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(e)(d)(e)
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    TABLE I. 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 II. Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.
    DISEASE.Total.Sex.Age.Institutions.
    Male.Female.Under 1.1 to 60.GO and upwards.Union Infirmary.General and Special Hospitals, Ac.Asylums' Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE 111. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.
    WandsworthTotal Deaths from each Class of 1 Disease. &c.. in the Sub-District. |Sex.Age.Social Position.
    Population40,720Males.Females.Under 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 yearsFrom 65 and under 75 year75 and upwards.Nobility and Gentry.Professional Class, Mer- chants, Bankers, Ac.Midde and Trading Class. Shopmen, Clerks. &cIndustrial and Labouring
    (Census), 1891
    Estimated Population57,863
    in middle of 1895
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
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    TABLE OF deaths during the year 1895, in the W andsworth S ub- D istrict of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of ( /X ) W andsworth ; classified according to D iseases, A ges, and L ocalities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; public institutions being shown as separate localities.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 65.65 and upwards.12345«7891011121314151*17181921)2122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous 1 Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and 1 Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Hronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease-Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    (Columns for Population and Births are in Table B.)Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.| Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(g)(h)(i)
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    Table table 0f population, births, and of new cases of infectious sickness, ( D ) coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1895, in the W andsworth S ub- D istrict of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of W andsworth ; classified according to D iseases, A ges, and L ocalities.
    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 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 1895.12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.MembranousCroup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(*)to(<0to
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    The following are the death rates per 1,000 of population from zymotic diseases, inclusive of deaths in outlying institutions for the years 1893, 1894 and 1895:
    Death-rate per 1000.
    189818941895
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    TABLE VI. 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 VII. MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    January.February.March.April.MayJune.July.August.September.October.November.December.
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    TABLE VIII. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF NON-ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
    Diseases.188518861887188818891890189118921893189418951895
    No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
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    Table IX. shows the number of deaths at various age periods. TABLE IX.
    Age.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE X.
    Social Position.Total Deaths.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
    1895.Decennial average.1895.Decennial Average.
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    TABLE XI.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    During the year 1895 the Inspector brought to the South London Central Public Laboratory 468 samples of food and drugs, classified as follows:—
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    I.— Dairy Produce. The articles entered under this head included:—
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    And of these the following were found to be impure:—
    Articles submitted.Mature and extent of Impurity.
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    II.— Groceries. The samples submitted included:—
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    The following six were condemned:
    Articles examined.Nature and amount of Impurity.