London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: Birth-rates, Death-rates, and rates of Naiurat-tncreas in the entire district during the ten gears 1873—82, compared with those of the year 1883.

Birth-rates, Death-rates, and rates of Naiurat-tncreas in the entire district during the ten gears 1873—82, compared with those of the year 1883.

Years.Births.Birth-rate per 1000.Deaths.Death-rate per 1000.Natural Increase.Rate of Notural Increase per 1000.
1873505336.40258018.70247318.00
1874522136.50279619.50242616.90
1875552937.30309620.87243316.40
1876599939.04315420.00284518.51
1877615938.60299118.70316820.00
1878650839.40327519.80323319.80
1879683339.70352620.50330719.23
1880703834.20359317.50344516.80
1881758235.68364717.16393518.51
1882788935.69385117.42403818.26
Mean of Ten Years1873—82 )638137.25325019.01313018.24
1883807935.14408317.79399617.39

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Excluding the deaths in institutions as a necessity
for just comparison with former years, the death-rate of
the past year will he found to have been 1.22 per 1,000
less than the decennial average; 1.61 per 1,000 less
than the rate of the other South Districts combined; and
2'G1 per 1,000 less than that for all London, the latter
having been 20.4 per 1,000 and the lowest ever recorded
in the annals of registration.
The following death-rates recorded in a period
extending from the years 1851—1833, furnish a reliable