Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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Parish of Clapham.
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responding rate of 15.8 in 1893. It is a very low figure
and shows how healthy a year 1894 was as regards
climatic conditions.
Table 1. gives a comparison of these rates with those of the last ten years :—
YEAR. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1885 | 1,030 | 25.2 | 508 | 12.44 | 12.7 |
1886 | 1,071 | 25.5 | 545 | 12.99 | 12.5 |
1887 | 1,136 | 26.3 | 600 | 13.93 | 12.4 |
1888 | 1,076 | 24.3 | 551 | 12.4 | 11.9 |
1889 | 1,121 | 24.3 | 534 | 11.6 | 12.7 |
1890 | 1,003 | 23.2 | 599 | 13.88 | 9.32 |
1891 | 1,144 | 26.2 | 596 | 13.63 | 12.57 |
1892 | 1,043 | 23.3 | 611 | 13.66 | 9.64 |
1893 | 1,102 | 24.2 | 601 | 13.19 | 11.01 |
General Mortality.
The following table gives particulars of all
causes of death classified in age groups, and according
to social position. The 25 deaths of non-parishioners are
included. The next Table A gives the same facts in a
different form, as required by the Local Government
Board;—