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Parish of Wandsworth.
To arrive at the corrected death.rate the number of
deaths in the various public institutions in the parish
have to be deducted. The number of these deaths was
140, compared with 135 in 1895. Of these 140 deaths,
108 occurred in the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, 9 in
the Royal Hospital for Incurables, 5 in St. Peter's Hospital,
7 in the Prison, 1 in the Cottage Home, and 10
in the Workhouse No death occurred in the Boy's
Home, or in the Patriotic Asylum for Girls, during the
year. The Cottage Home was closed in the beginning
of the year. Five deaths of persons belonging to other
districts have also to be deducted, making a further
total of 145.
The corrected death.rate calculated from the above
was 13.35 per 1,000, an increase of 1.12 compared with
1895. The decennial average was 14.69 per 1000.
Table I. shows the births, birth.rate, deaths from
all causes, the corrected and uncorrected death.rate, and
the rate of natural increase for the year as well as for
the decennium preceding.

* Deaths in Outlying Institutions not included.