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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Sub-District. | Census Population, 1911. | Population estimated to middle of 1917. | |
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For death-rates. | For birth-rates. |
Sub-District. | Births. | Rates. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-Rate. | Rate of natural increase. |
Sub-district. | Total No. of births notified. | Notified by : | Total births registered. | No. born dead. | |||
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Medical Attendant | Parent. | Midwife. | Other person. |
Name of Public Institution. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham | Tooting. | Wands'th. | Total. |
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causes of death. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages. | Institutions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Males. | Females. | Under i year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. | Middlesex County Asylum. | Tooting Bee Asylum. | Hostel of God. | Newlands House Asylum. | Workhouse. | H.M. Prison. | Ryl. Hosp. for Incurables. | The Priory. | | Putney Hospital. | Fountain Temporary Asylum. | S. Lon. Hosp. for Women. | St. Anne's Home. | Military Hospitals. | Other Places, not Public Institutions. |
CAUSES OF DEATH | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages. | Institutions. | |||||||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Workhouse. | Tooting Bec Asylum. | H.M. Prison. | Putney Hospital. | Fountain Temporary Asylum. | Hostel of God. | South London Hospital for Women. | Other Places—not Institutions. |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages). | Institutions, etc | |||||||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Workhouses and Workhouse Infirmaries. | General and Special Hospitals, &c. | Public Lunatic and Imbecile Asylums. | Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals. |
Sub-Districts. | Corrected Deaths. | Uncorrected Deaths. | Corrected Death-rate. | ||||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | ||||||||||||||
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All Ages. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. |
Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths : | Nett Deaths Belonging to the District. | |||||||
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Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||
Number. | Rate per 1000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Notifiable Disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 5 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. |
Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months | 3 Months and under 6 Month. | 6 Months and under 9 Months | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
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Sub-District. | No. of Deaths under one year. | Percentage to total Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | |||
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1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st December, 1916. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small-pox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Certificates of Conscien-tious 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. | Remaining on Books as Unvaccinated. |
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sub-districts. | One case. | Two cases. | Three cases. | Four cases. | Five cases and upwards. | Total houses invaded. |
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Sub-Districts. | One case. | Two cases. | Three cases. | Four cases. | Five cases and upwards. | Total houses invaded. |
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Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. |
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Sub-Districts. | Diseases. | |||||||
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Measles. | German Measles. | Chicken Pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | J Ringworm. | Other Diseases. | Totals. |
Method of Feeding. | Age in Months. | ||||
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Under 3. | 3 and under 6. | 6 and under 9. | 9 and under 12. | Total. |
Clapham, North. | Clapham, South. | Putney. | Streatham. | Balham. | Tooting. | j Southfield. | Fairfield. | Springfield. | Borough. |
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Clapham, North. | Clapham, South. | Putney | Streatham. | Balham. | Tooting. | Southfield. | Fairfield. | Springfield. | Borough. |
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Sub-District. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Tuberculous Diseases. | Total. | |||
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No. of Deaths. | Rate. | No. of Deaths. | Rate. | No. of Deaths. | Rate. |
Year. | Cases Reported. | Deaths. | Removed. | Recovered. | No Inquiries. | Cases on Register. | |||||||||
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1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1 1912 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | Total. |
Localisation of Disease. | Number of cases notified. | No. of deaths. | Removed. | On Register. | |||||||||||||||
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Total. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 25. | 25 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 55. | 55 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Year. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Removed. | Recovered | Cases on Register . | |||||
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1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | Total |
Age Periods. | Number of Notifications on Form A. | Number of Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | |||||||||||||||||
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Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications (i.e. including cases previously notified by other doctors) | Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications (i.e. including cases previously notified by other doctors) | |||||||||||||||||
Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |||||||||||||||||||
1 Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total. | Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total. |
Under 5 Years. | Males. | Females | Totals. |
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Dispensary. | New Cases, 1917. | Total Attendances, 1917. | 1915. | |||||
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Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Total. | Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Total. | Total New Cases. | Total Attendances. |
Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Totals. | |||||||
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M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. |
Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous | Totals. | |||||||
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M. | F.' | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. |
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Outside Borough. | Totals. |
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Age Period. | Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Totals. | Percentage of Tuberculous Cases to Total Cases at each Age. | ||||||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Age Periods. | Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Totals. | Percentage of Contacts found to be tuberculousatage period | ||||||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Age Period. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Total. | ||||
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Glands. | Joints and Bones. | Abdominal. | Others. | Total Non-Pulmonary. |
Class. | How disposed of. | 1913. | 1914 | 1915 | 1916. |
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INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
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Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth |
INQUESTS. | Sub-Districts. | Whole Borough. | ||||
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Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth |
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | |||||
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North Ward. | South ward. | Streatham Ward. | Balham Ward. | South field Ward. | Fairfield Ward. | Spng field Ward. |
Inspections | Re-Inspections. | Totals. |
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Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Totals. |
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Wards. | No. of houses inspected. | No. of houses in which defects were found. | Percentage of defects to houses inspected. | Number of Families living in | |||
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One room. | Two rooms. | Three rooms. | Four rooms and upwards. |
Premises. | Offences. | Result. | Fine. | Costs. |
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Premises. | Offences. | Result. | Fine. | Cost |
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PREMISES. | NUMBER OF PLACES | Number of inspections, 1917. | Number of notices, 1917. | Number of prosecutions, 1917. | |||
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On register at end of 1916. | Added in 1917. | Removed in 1917. | On register at end of 1917. |
CLASS OF WORKS. | Number of Places | Number of Inspections, 1917. | Number of Notices. | Number of Prosecutions, 1917* | |||||||
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On Register at end of 1916. | Added in 1917. | Removed in 1917. | On Register at end of 1917. | Intimation, 1917. | Statutory, 9'7- | Under Factory Act. | Under Public Health Act. | ||||
Premises | Rooms. |
Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
(i) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
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Found. | Remediec | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
NATURE OF WORK.1 | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 10*. | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTIONS 109, 110. | ||||||||||||
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Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | Prosecutions. | |||||||||||||
Sending twice in the year. | Sending once in the year. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||
Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions (SS.109,110). | ||||||||||
Listst | Outworkerst | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1) | Number. (2) |
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Class. | Number. | |
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(I) | (2) |
Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | Total No. of samples taken. | No. per 1,000 of Population. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | |||||
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No. of samples taken. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | No of samples taken. | No. Adulterated | Percentage Adulterated. |
(a) | (b) | |
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Number of Samples examined for the presence of a preservative. | Number in which a preservative was reported to be present. |
Nature of Article. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
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Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total |
Nature of Article. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
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Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. |
Nature of Drug. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
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Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. |
Nature of Article. | Examined. | Adulterated. |
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