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Wandsworth 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: 222. — CENSUS RETURNS.

222. — CENSUS RETURNS.

PARISH.Population.Number of Houses.
In 1891.*In 1896.In 1901.Estimated Population April, 1903 (for Equalisation of Rates Act).Inhabited 1891.*Uninhabited 1891.Inhabited 1901.Uninhabited 1901.
Clapham41,81146,95351,36155.25S6,6193188,153398
Putney17,77120,56634,13924,7292,9672354,048217
Streatham43,29054,33871,65878,3777,18550512,295838
Tooting5.7847,30616,47319,1721,0851022,470344
Wandsworth46,86858,10168,40376,6917,28840310,799551
Totals*55,524187,264232,034§254,32735,1441,56337,7642,248

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* Taking into account the alteration in boundaries under the London
Government Act, 1899.
§ The estimated population of the Borough at April, 1906 (for the purposes of
the Equalization of Rates Act) was 296,020.

Table: 223.— POPULATION OF WARDS AT CENSUS 1901.

223.— POPULATION OF WARDS AT CENSUS 1901.

Clapham North28,772
„ South22,589
Putney24,139
Balham38.034
Streatham33,624
Tooting16,473
Fairfield.18,520
Southfield21,924
Springfield27,959
232,034