Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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161. CENSUS RETURNS.
PARISH. | Population. | Number of Houses. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In 1891.* | In1896. | In 1901. | Estimated Population April, 1903 (for Equalization of Rates Act). | Inhabited 1891.* | Uninhabited 1891. | Inhabited 1901. | Uninhabited 1901. | |
Clapham | 41,811 | 46,953 | 51,361 | 55,258 | 6,619 | 318 | 8,152 | 398 |
Putney | 17,771 | 20,566 | 24,139 | 24,729 | 2,967 | 235 | 4,048 | 217 |
Streatham | 43,290 | 54.338 | 71,658 | 78,377 | 7,185 | 505 | 12,295 | 838 |
Tooting | 5,784 | 7,306 | 16,473 | 19,272 | 1,085 | 102 | 2,470 | 244 |
Wandsworth | 46,868 | 58,101 | 68,403 | 76,691 | 7,288 | 403 | 10,799 | 55i |
Totals | 155,524 | 187,264 | 232,034 | §254,327 | 25,144 | 1,563 | 37,764 | 2,248 |
*Taking into account the alteration in boundaries under the London
Government Act, 1899.
§The estimated population of the Borough at April, 1909 (for the purposes of
the Equalization of Rates Act) was 327,322.
162. POPULATION (AT CENSUS 1901) AND AREA OF WARDS.
Population. | Area (acres). | |
---|---|---|
Clapham North | 28,772 | 476 |
„ South | 22,589 | 599 |
Putney | 24,139 | 2,218 |
Balham | 38,034 | 868 |
Streatham | 33,624 | 1,955 |
Tooting | 16,473 | 547 |
Fairfield | 18,520 | 331 |
Southfield | 21,924 | 1,229 |
Springfield | 27,959 | 885 |
(Tidal water and foreshore : Putney 34, Wandsworth 57) | 91 | |
232,034 | 9,199 |