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

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LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, 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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RETURN showing the Number of Attendances of Members at the Board and Committee Meetings for the year ended 25th March, 1899.

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Continued from previous page...

NAMES OF MEMBERS.	No. of Board Meetings attended.	No. of Special Board Meetings attended.	No. of Meetings of Committee of the whole Board attended.	No. of Finance Committee Meetings attended.	No. of General Purposes < ommittee 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 Special Committee Meetings attended.	No. of Conferences and Deputations to other Authorities attended.	Total Number of Meetings attended.	REMARKS.

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LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOAED.

	Offices.	Addresses.	Salaries.

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LIST OF OFFICE R S—Continued.

Parishes.	Names.	Offices.	Salaries.

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The following Apportionments of the estimated cost of paving new roads have been made by the Board during the year, viz.:—

Parish.	Date of Apportionment	Name of Road.	Amount of Apportionment

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The following Apportionment of the excess of the actual over the estimated cost of constructing a new sewer has been made by the Board during the year, viz. :—

Parish.	Date of Apportionment.	Date of original Apportionment	Name of Road.	Amount of Apportionment.

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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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NEW ROADS—continued.

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NEW ROADS—continued.

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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.	LOCALITIES.	Lengths and Sizes.—Feet Lineal.
PARISHES.	LOCALITIES.	24-in. Pipe Sewer.	18-in. Pipe Sewer.	15-in. Pipe Sewer.	12—in. Pipe Sewer.	9-in. Pipe Sewer.	6-in. Pipe Sewer.

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PARTICULARS OF NEW SEWERS-continued.

PARISHES.	LOCALITIES.	Lengths and Sizes.—Feet Lineal.
PARISHES.	LOCALITIES.	24-in. Pipe Sewer.	18-in. Pipe Sewer.	15-in. Pipe Sewer.	12-in. Pipe Sewer.	9-in. Pipe Sewer.	6-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 having 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.
PARISHES.	No. of Drains.	No. of Houses, &c., drained thereby.	18-in.	15-in.	12-in.	9-in.	6-in.	4-in 40	Total lengths, — feet lineal.

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The following are the particulars of the quantities of the materials used in the repair 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 following sums have been expended in paving repairs, viz:—

	£	s.	d.

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The details of road watering during the past year 'are set forth in the following tabular statement:—

PARISH.	Length of Road Watered.			Expenditure.
PARISH.	Length of Road Watered.			Horse Hire.			New Carts, Vans, and Standposts.			Water, Labour, and Repairs to Carts, &c.			Total Expenses.

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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.	w ands worth and putney Gas Company.			(a) South Metropolitan Gas Company.								Mitcham Gas Company.				Brentford Gas Company.	County of London Electric Lighting Co.	Total Number of Lamps in each Parish.
PARISH.	Number of Lamps at £3 4 0.	Other Lamps. (See Note on page 98)	Total Number	Number of Lamps at £3 2 0	Number of Lamps at £3 3 0.	Number of Lamps at £3 0 0 (Incandescent.)	Number of Lamps at £3 12 0.	Number of Lamps at £5 8 6.	By meter at 2s. 2d. per 1000 feet.	Other Lamps. (See Note on page 98)	Total Number.	Number of Lamps at £4 7 6. (b)	N umber of Lamps, at £3 18 0.	By meter at 3s. 8d. per 1000 feet.	Total Number.	(c) Number of Lamps at £2 177. Incandt.	No. of Lamps for £25 12 0 (Arc.)	Total Number of Lamps in each Parish.

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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.

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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 seven 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.
PARISH.	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, 1898.	Value as per Valuation List, April 5th, 1899.	Area.
PARISH.		Value as per Valuation List, April 5th, 1898.	Value as per Valuation List, April 5th, 1899.	Acres.

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STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO DURING THE TEAR ENDED 25TH MARCH, 1899.

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.

				£	s.	d.

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Receipts and Payment for the Year ended 25th March, 1899.

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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, 1899.

Balances on 25th March, 1898.						BECEIPTS.																								EXPENDITUER.																																																	Balances on25th March, 1899.
In Favour.			Against.			From Overseers.			Under Equalisation of Rates Act.			Contributions towards Sewers.			Private Brains.			Making up New Roads.			Establishment.			Other Receipts.			Total Receipts.			Making up New Roads.			Highways.			Improvements.			Dust	Watering.			Construction of Sewers.						Repairing Sewers.			Cleansing Sewers.			Private Drain and other Works.			Lighting Public Lamps			Salaries (exclusive of Establishment Charges).			Establishment Charges.			School Board Expenses.			Interest on Loans.			Sundries.			Total Payments.			In Favour.			Against.
In Favour.			Against.			From Overseers.			Under Equalisation of Rates Act.			Contributions towards Sewers.			Private Brains.			Making up New Roads.			Establishment.			Other Receipts.			Total Receipts.			Making up New Roads.			Highways.			Improvements.			Dust	Watering.			Paid by Owners.			Paid by Board.			Repairing Sewers.			Cleansing Sewers.			Private Drain and other Works.			Lighting Public Lamps			Salaries (exclusive of Establishment Charges).			Establishment Charges.			School Board Expenses.			Interest on Loans.			Sundries.			Total Payments.			In Favour.			Against.
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ACCOUNT OF LOANS.

			Balances owing by Board on 25th March, 1898.			Amounts paid of in year ended 25th March, 1899			Balances owiug by Board 011 25th March, 1899.
			£	8.	d,	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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ACCOUNT OF LOANS, SHOWING AMOUNT OWING, &c. BY EACH PARISH.

PARISH.	Amounts owing 25th March, 1898.			Amounts paid off in year ended 25th March, 1899.			Amounts owing 25 th March, 1899.

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Population. The population, estimated to the middle of 1898, was 202,469. The following Table gives the population of the District and Sub.Districts in 1898, and at the three last censuses.

	Census, 1881.	Census, 1891.	Census, 1896.	Middle of 1898.

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Births. The total number registered during the year was 5,096, and consisted of 2,581 males and 2,515 females. The numbers in the various parishes with the birth.rates and the rates of natural increase are shown in the following Table :— TABLE I.

IRTHS.				RATES.
Sub.Districts.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Birth.rate	Rate of Natural Increase.

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TABLE II

DEATHS.				Uncorrected Death.rate.	Corrected Death.rate.
Sub.Districts.	Males.	Females.	Total.	Uncorrected Death.rate.	Corrected Death.rate.

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TABLE III. Birth.rates, Death.rates, and rates of Natural Increase in the entire District during the ten years 1888.97 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.	Asy umrsPoard Hospitals.

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The next Table gives interesting information as to the density of population, and the relative mortality of the industrial and other classes in each sub.district:— TABLE V.

Sub.District.	Population, 1898.	Percentage of Total Population.	Number of persons to 1 acre.	Relative mortality of Industrial and other classes.
Sub.District.	Population, 1898.	Percentage of Total Population.	Number of persons to 1 acre.	Industrial classes.	Other classes.

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TABLE VI.

				Sub.Districts.					Sex.		Age.								Social Position.
POPULATION Census 1893 187.264 Estimated Population in middle of 1898. 202,461			Total Deaths from each C lass of Disease. &c., in the District.	Clapham—Population, 48,496 Area in acres. 1,137	Putney—Population, 21,682 Area in acres, 8»335	Streatham . Population, 60,459 Area in acres, 2.914	Tooting—Population, 7,915 Area in acre, 566	Wandsworth— Population, 63,917 Area in acres, 2,433	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, Tankers, &<;.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.				Clapham—Population, 48,496 Area in acres. 1,137	Putney—Population, 21,682 Area in acres, 8»335	Streatham . Population, 60,459 Area in acres, 2.914	Tooting—Population, 7,915 Area in acre, 566	Wandsworth— Population, 63,917 Area in acres, 2,433	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, Tankers, &<;.	Middle and Trading Class, Shopmen. Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.

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zymotic The following Table shows the deaths from Diseases. Zymotic Diseases that have occurred among the population of the entire District in each of the last ten years, including those in outlying institutions. TABLE VII.

	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893 j	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1898
	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893 j	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	No. above corrected average.	No. below corrected average.

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TABLE VIII.

	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	18961897		1898

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TABLE IX. Number of Notifications received during the year

		Clapham.	Putney.	Streatham.	Tooting.	Wandsworth.	WholeDistrict.

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Number of Notifications received each year since the passing of the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act:—

			1890	1891	1892	1893	1891	1890	1896	1897	1898

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Deaths from Non-Zymotic Diseases.

Diseases.	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1898
Diseases.	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	No. above corrected average.	No. below corrected average.

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TABLE X.

INQUESTS.	Clapham.	Putney.	Streatham.	Tooting.	Wandsworth.	Totals.

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vaccination. The next Table, from figures kindly supplied to us by the Clerk to the Guardians, shows the amount of Vaccination performed in the District and constituent Parishes during the year 1897. TABLE XI.

SUB-DISTRICTS.	Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st December 1897	Successfully Vaccinated.	Insusceptible of Vaccination.	Had Small-pox.	Dead Unvaccinated.	Certificates of Conscientious Objection	Postponed by Medical Certificate.	Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.	Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be traced ; and cases not having been found.

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TABLE XIII. Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District daring the year 1898.

	Clapham.	Putney	Streatham.	Tooting.	Wandsworth.	Total.

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TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.

YEAR.	Births.	Birth-rate.	Deaths from all Causes.	Death rate Uncorrected.	Death-rate Corrected.	Rate of Natural Increase.

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TABLE II. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

CLAPHAM		Sex		Age								Social Position
CLAPHAM		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.
Population (Census), 1896	46,953
Official Population in middle of 1898	48,496
CAUSES OF DEATH.

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TABLE(A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, 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. (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.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
								Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Measles.	Whooping	Diarrhœa 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)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.

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TABLE III. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

DISEASES.		Sex		Age			Institutions
DISEASES.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Under 1.	1 to 63.	60 and upwards.	Union Infirmary.	General and Special Hospitals.	Asylums Board Hospitals.

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TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Clapham, including that in Outlying Institutions.

	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898

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TABLE V.

	Number of Cases Notified.	Number of Patients removed to Hospital.	Number died in Hospital.	Number died at Home.	Total Deaths.

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Below is given the number of cases of illness notified during each of the last nine years.

	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898

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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 1898, 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 Institution 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 1896.	Estimated to middle of 1898.			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
					Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.				Puerperal.	Cholera.	Erysipelas.
									Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing	Puerperal.							Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing	Puerperal.							Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.

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TABLE VI.

	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	Number above corrected decennial average.	Number below corrected decennial average.

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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.

DISEASES.		Sex		Age			Institutions
DISEASES.	Total.	Males.	Females.	Under 1.	From 1 to 60.	60 and upwards.	Union Infirmary.	General and Special Hospitals.	Asylums Board Hospitals.

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TABLE III STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

PUTNEY.		Sex		Age								Social Position
Population (Census), 1896	20,366.	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 & under 75 years.	75 years and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants. Bankers, &c.	Middle and Trading Class Shopmen, Clerks, &c.
Estimated Population in 1898.	21,682.
CAUSES OF DEATH.

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TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Putney and Roehampton Sub-District.

Zymotic Mortality	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	\| 1895	1896	1897	1898

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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.

	Diphtheria.	Erysipelas.	Scarlet Fever.	Typhoid Fever.	Membranous Croup.	Total.

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TABLE(B) 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 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-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 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 1896.	Estimated to middle of 1898.			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	1	2	3	4	5	6	6	8	9	10	11
					Smallpox.	Scarlatina	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	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)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.							Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.

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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(A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-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	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.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	1 8	1 9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
								Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous 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.
{Columns for Population and Births are in Table 2?.)												Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.

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TABLE I. Birth and Death Hates.

YEARS.	Births.	Birth-rates.	Deaths from all Causes.	Death-rates.	Rates of Natural increase.

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TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

STREATHAM.			Sex.		Ages							Institutions.			Elsewhere.
STREATHAM.		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.
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.		Sex.		Age.									Social Position.
population 1 Census, 1896	54,338	Males.	Females.	Under 1 year.	From 1 to 5 years.	All under 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	Middle and Trading C lass.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
Estimated Population, 1898	60,459
causes of death.

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Table(A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sab-Districtofstreatham; classified according to diseases, ages, and localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; public institutions being shown as separate	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.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	1 8	1 9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
								Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous 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.
{Columns for Population and Births are in Table 2?.)												Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.

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TABLE IV.

	No. of deaths of infants under 1 year of age.	Kate per 1,000 of births registered.

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TABLE V. Zymotic Mortality in the Sub- District of Streatham.

	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898

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TABLE(B) TABLE OFPOPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-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 1896.	Estimated to middle of 1898			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
					Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Erysipelas.	Total.	Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria	Membranous Croup.	Fevers					Erysipelas.	Total.
									Typhus	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing.	Puerperal.							Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)					Typhus	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing.	Puerperal.							Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.

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The following Table gives the number of cases of infectious disease notified, removed to hospital, and the mortality therefrom both in the hospitals and at home. TABLE VI.

DISEASES.	Number of cases notified	Number 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 VII. Comparative Table of Non-zymotic Mortality,

CAUSES OF DEATH.		1890.	1891.	1892.	1893.	1894.	1895.	1896.		1898.

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A tabulated statement is here set out showing deaths at high ages. They were equal to 24.8 per cent. of deaths at all ages. TABLE VIII.

Age.	Males.	Females.	Total.

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TABLE I.

	Parishioners	Non-Parishioners	Totals

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TABLE II. Birth and Death Rates.

Years.	Births.	Birth-Rates.	Deaths from all causes.	Death-rates	Rates of Natural Increase.

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TABLE III. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TOOTING		Sex.		Ages.							Institutions.
TOOTING	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 & upwards.	Union Infirmary.	General and Special Hospitals.	Asylums Board Hospitals.	Elsewhere.
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TABLE IV. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

TOOTING.			Sex.				Age.							Social Position.				Deaths in Public Institutions within the District.
-			Males.	Females.	Under 1 Year.	From 1 to 5 Years.	All under 5 years.	From 5 to 15 Years.	From 15 to 25 Years.	From 25 and under 45 Years	From 45 to 65 Y ears	From 65 to 75 Years	75 Years and Upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers Ac.	Middle and Trading Class.	Industrial & Labouring Class.
Population (Census)	1896,307
Estimated Population in middle of 1898		7915																Parishioners.	Non-Parishioners.
CAUSES OF DEATH.																		Parishioners.	Non-Parishioners.

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Table(B) TABLE OF deaths during the Year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-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	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.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	1 8	1 9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
								Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous 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.
{Columns for Population and Births are in Table 2?.)												Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.

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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 V.

AGE.	Males.	Females.	Total.

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Zymotic Mortality,

	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898

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Table(B) Table OF population, births, and of new cases of infectious sickness, (B)coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Healthy during the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District ofTooting classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Population at all ages		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 1896.	(c)N Estimated to middle of 1899		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
		Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Typhus.	Fevers.			Puerperal.	Erysipelas.	Totals.	Smallpox.	Scarlatina	Diphtheria.\|	Membranous Croup.	Fevers.					Erysipelas. \|	Totals.
		Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued	Relapsing	Puerperal.	Erysipelas.	Totals.	Smallpox.	Scarlatina	Diphtheria.\|	Membranous Croup.	Typhus.	Enteric o Typhoid	Continued	Relapsing	Puerperal.	Erysipelas. \|	Totals.

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TABLE I. Birth and Death-Rates.

Years.	Births.	Birth-rate.	*Deaths from all causes.	Death-rate.		Rate of Natural Increase.
Years.	Births.	Birth-rate.	*Deaths from all causes.	Corrected.	Uncorrected.	Rate of Natural Increase.

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TABLE II. Deaths in Out-lying Institutions.

WANDSWORTH, 1897. Diseases.		Totals.	Sex-		Ages.							Institutions.
WANDSWORTH, 1897. Diseases.		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 & upwards.	Union Infirmary.	General and Special Hospitals.	Asylum Board Hospitals.

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TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

WANDSWORTH.			Total Deaths from each Class of Disease. <fcc.. in the Sub-District.	Sex.		Age.								Social Position.
Population(Census), 1896 58,161 Estimated Population 63,917 in middle of 1898				Males.	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 years.	From 65 and under 75 years.	75 and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, Ac.	Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.
CAUSES OF DEATH.				Males.	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 years.	From 65 and under 75 years.	75 and upwards.	Nobility and Gentry.	Professional Class, Merchants, Bankers, Ac.	Middle and Trading Class. Shopmen, Clerks, &c.	Industrial and Labouring Classes.

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Table (A) TABLE OF deaths during the Year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-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	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.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	1 8	1 9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
								Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous 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.
{Columns for Population and Births are in Table 2?.)												Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.

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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(B) TABLE of populatlon, births, and ofnew cases of infectious sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the Wandsworth (sub-District of the Metropolitan 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 eparate 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 sevaral Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
	Census 1896.	Estimated to middle of 1898.			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
					Smallpox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Membranous Croup.	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)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)					Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.							Typhus.	Enteric or Typhoid.	Continued.	Relapsing.	Puerperal.

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Comparative Table of Zymotic Mortality.

Diseases.		1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1898
Diseases.		1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	No. above corrected average.	No. below corrected averaare.

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The following are the death-rates per 1,000 of population from zymotic diseases, including those in outlying institutions for the years 1896, 1897, and 1898:—

	Death-rate per 1000.
	1896	1897	1898

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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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Monthly Notifications of Infectious Diseases.

	January.	February.	March.	April.	May.	June.	July.	August.	September.	October.	November.	December.

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The next Table shows the number of notifications received from each Ward in the Parish.

DISEASE.	1	2	3	4	5	6	Totals.

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Comparative Table of Non-Zymotic Mortality.

Diseases.		1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1898
Diseases.		1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	No. above corrected average.	No. below corrected average.

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TABLE IX.

Age.	Males.	Females.	Total.

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TABLE X.

Social Position.	Total Deaths.		Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.
Social Position.	1898.	Decennial average.	1898.	Decennial Average.

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TABLE XI.

		Males.	Females.	Total

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All these were legally genuine, except the following 23 which were found to be more or less deficient:—

Articles submitted.	Nature and extent of Impurity.

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II.— Groceries.

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The following three were found to be adulterated as under:—

Articles submitted.	Nature and extent of impurity.

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Two samples of whiskey and four of gin were submitted, and the following three were condemned:—

Articles submitted.	Result of Analyses.

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LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, Showing the year in which they go out of office.

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD—continued.

RETURN showing the Number of Attendances of Members at the Board and Committee Meetings for the year ended 25th March, 1899.

Continued from previous page...

LIST OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BOAED.

LIST OF OFFICE R S—Continued.

The following Apportionments of the estimated cost of paving new roads have been made by the Board during the year, viz.:—

The following Apportionment of the excess of the actual over the estimated cost of constructing a new sewer has been made by the Board during the year, viz. :—

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 :—

NEW ROADS—continued.

NEW ROADS—continued.

The following orders relating to this District have been issued by the London County Council during the past year, viz.;—

PARTICULARS OF NEW SEWERS.

PARTICULARS OF NEW SEWERS-continued.

The following are the particulars of the private drains which have been constructed by the Board during the past year, the cost having been paid by the persons for whom the work was executed:—

The following are the particulars of the quantities of the materials used in the repair of the roads and footpaths within the District during the past year, viz:—

The following sums have been expended in paving repairs, viz:—

The details of road watering during the past year 'are set forth in the following tabular statement:—

The details of the Notices for the erection of new buildings are as follows:—

DETAILS OF LIGHTING.

The following sums have been received by the Board under the provisions of this Act, viz.: —

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 seven years, viz.:—

CENSUS RETURNS.

RATEABLE VALUE AND AREA OF DISTRICT The rateable value and area of the several parishes in the District are as follows:—

STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO DURING THE TEAR ENDED 25TH MARCH, 1899.

STATEMENT OF CONTRACTS— continued.

ESTABLISHMENT EXPENDITURE.

Receipts and Payment for the Year ended 25th March, 1899.

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, 1899.

ACCOUNT OF LOANS.

ACCOUNT OF LOANS, SHOWING AMOUNT OWING, &amp;c. BY EACH PARISH.

Population. The population, estimated to the middle of 1898, was 202,469. The following Table gives the population of the District and Sub.Districts in 1898, and at the three last censuses.

Births. The total number registered during the year was 5,096, and consisted of 2,581 males and 2,515 females. The numbers in the various parishes with the birth.rates and the rates of natural increase are shown in the following Table :— TABLE I.

TABLE II

TABLE III. Birth.rates, Death.rates, and rates of Natural Increase in the entire District during the ten years 1888.97 inclusive.

TABLE IV. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

The next Table gives interesting information as to the density of population, and the relative mortality of the industrial and other classes in each sub.district:— TABLE V.

TABLE VI.

zymotic The following Table shows the deaths from Diseases. Zymotic Diseases that have occurred among the population of the entire District in each of the last ten years, including those in outlying institutions. TABLE VII.

TABLE VIII.

TABLE IX. Number of Notifications received during the year

Number of Notifications received each year since the passing of the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act:—

Deaths from Non-Zymotic Diseases.

TABLE X.

vaccination. The next Table, from figures kindly supplied to us by the Clerk to the Guardians, shows the amount of Vaccination performed in the District and constituent Parishes during the year 1897. TABLE XI.

TABLE XIII. Summary of Sanitary Operations in the entire District daring the year 1898.

TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.

TABLE II. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

TABLE(A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Clapham; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

TABLE III. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Clapham, including that in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE V.

Below is given the number of cases of illness notified during each of the last nine years.

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 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Clapham; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

TABLE VI.

TABLE I. Birth and Death Rates.

TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE III STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

TABLE IV. Zymotic Mortality in Putney and Roehampton Sub-District.

TABLE V.

TABLE VI. MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

TABLE(B) 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 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Putney; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.

TABLE I. Birth and Death Hates.

TABLE II. Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE III. STATISTICS OF MORTALITY.

Table(A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sab-Districtofstreatham; classified according to diseases, ages, and localities.

TABLE IV.

TABLE V. Zymotic Mortality in the Sub- District of Streatham.

TABLE(B) TABLE OFPOPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of Streatham; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

The following Table gives the number of cases of infectious disease notified, removed to hospital, and the mortality therefrom both in the hospitals and at home. TABLE VI.

TABLE VII. Comparative Table of Non-zymotic Mortality,

A tabulated statement is here set out showing deaths at high ages. They were equal to 24.8 per cent. of deaths at all ages. TABLE VIII.

ACCOUNT OF LOANS, SHOWING AMOUNT OWING, &c. BY EACH PARISH.