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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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Table: CLAPHAM. In presenting for the twenty-first time my report as to the Sanitary condition of this Sub-district, I need make no apology for introducing, as usual, the following Table, believing that it will be found useful to those who are interested in the sanitary progress of this locality.

CLAPHAM. In presenting for the twenty-first time my report as to the Sanitary condition of this Sub-district, I need make no apology for introducing, as usual, the following Table, believing that it will be found useful to those who are interested in the sanitary progress of this locality.

Years18661867186818691870187118721873187418751876
Marriages310244272234158249236257284243313
Births7117778018388678648589299379651029*
Deaths425451450508480G04482475528548545
Excess of Births over Deaths286326351330387260376454409417484

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Of this number I successfully vaccinated in 338 cases. — J. M. D.
It has been my habit to introduce into the above Table
a return of the marriages solemnised in the district, as
affording some indication of its material and social prosperity,
and, it is satisfactory to notice, that the past year
has been distinguished by a greater number of these events
than any of the preceding nine years.
Of these 313 marriages, no less than 382 were
solemnized in the usual manner, and the remaining 16 were
contracted before the Registrar. The marriage rate was
1.4 per 1000 of the population.