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WANDSWORTH.
The health of this Sub-district, in common with the rest
of the Metropolis, suffered during the past year from the
effects of a severe epidemic of Diarrhœa, and its worst
form, Cholera. It nevertheless enjoyed great immunity
in comparison with most of the other metropolitan districts.
As might be anticipated, therefore, an examination of the
following statistics of mortality discloses a much higher
death-rate than usual.
Statistics of Mortality, &c.—The total deaths which
were registered as having occurred in this Sub-district
during the year 1866, numbered 351. 176 were of males,
and 175 of females. 84 occurred in the following public
institutions; viz., in the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum,
61; in the House of Correction, 7; in St. Peter's Hospital,
5; in the Royal Patriotic Asylums, 4; and in the
Hospital for Incurables, 7. 18 deaths of Wandsworth
Parishioners took place in the Union Workhouse, Battersea.
The death-rate for the past year determined from the
total deaths which occurred and an estimated population,
(due correction having been made for deaths in public
institutions, &c., after the manner described in previous
reports,) was 19.80 per 1,000 persons living — an
unusually high rate for this locality, the average rate of
the preceding ten years having been under 18 per 1000.
In order to avoid the employment of an exaggerated
datum, these calculations are based upon the assumption
that the population has increased since the period of the
last census in the same proportion as it had done during
the preceding ten years. There can be no doubt, however,
that in consequence of the greatly disproportionate
increase which the population has acquired by immigration,
the death rate may be fairly assumed to be less than that
determined in the manner described.
Birth rate.—The births registered during the year
numbered 476, 239 of males, and 237 of females. The
birth rate was high, namely, 31.85 per 1000 persons
living of all ages, and the rate of natural increase 12.05
per 1000.