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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 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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very considerable. The population of the entire Wandsworth
District at the middle of the year, 1876, according
to the official method, was 153,648.
The following Table will illustrate this remark, and also show the proportion each Subdistrict bears in the total death-rate:—
| SUB-DISTRICTS. | Estimated Population in the middle of | Deaths. | Ratio of Deaths to Population. | Excluding Non- Pariabioners. who have Died in Public Institutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 | 1876 | 1875 | 1876 | 1875 | 1876 | 1876 | ||
| Battersea | 68,648 | 70,144 | 1,724 | 1,745 | 1 in 40 | 1 in 40 | 1 in 44 | |
| Wandsworth | 22,524 | 23,109 | 420 | 461 | 1 in 53 | 1 in 50 | 1 in 65 | |
| Clapham | 30,088 | 30,734 | 548 | 545 | 1 in 55 | 1 in 56 | In appreci able dif ference. | |
| Streatham, Tooting, & Balham | 16,340 | 16,781 | 237 | 260 | 1 in 69 | 1 in 64 | ||
| Putney & Roehampton | 10,693 | 10,990 | 167 | 143 | 1 in 64 | 1 in 77 | ||
The number of deaths to be thus excluded from the
total mortality of the District was 272. The total deaths