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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1896
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896
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Sub-district of Putney and Roehampton. 51
The death-rate, exclusive of all deaths occurring
in outlying institutions, was 12.2 per 1,000 per annum.
If corrected, however, for outlying institutions and nonparishoners
as explained above, the death-rate would be
13.6 per 1,000 per annum.
| YEARS. | Births | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | 349 | 22.3 | 196 | 12.5 | 9.8 |
| 1888 | 366 | 22.9 | 187 | 11.7 | 11.2 |
| 1889 | 376 | 23.0 | 182 | 11.1 | 11.9 |
| 1890 | 453 | 25.4 | 234 | 13.1 | 12.3 |
| 1891 | 479 | 26.9 | 213 | 11.9 | 15.0 |
| 1892 | 447 | 24.5 | 247 | 13.5 | 11.0 |
| 1893 | 462 | 24.7 | 256 | 13.6 | 11.1 |
| 1894 | 455 | 23.7 | 190 | 9.9 | 13.8 |
| 1895 | 472 | 24.0 | 258 | 13.1 | 10.9 |
| 1896 | 468 | 22.7 | 12.2 | 10.5 |
Rate of
Natural Increase
of Population
The difference between the birth-rate and
death-rate gives us the natural rate of increase
of the population, if no emigration or immigration
takes place. This rate only amounted to 10.5
per 1,000. This rate has not altered very much in
recent years.
Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions.
36 deaths of parishioners were registered
as having occurred in various institutions
lying outside this sub-district, and of these
17 were males and 19 females. The number of
such deaths is considerably less than that of last
year. Only three deaths occurred in these institutions
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