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Wandsworth 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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cases among the non epidemic and non-accidental classes
of disease. As a semi-urban and river-side locality, we
have a state of the public health more favourable than
most rural and elevated districts, and I cannot but think
this is partly due to increasing watchfulness on the part
of the sanitary authorities over the details of sanitary
work (see page 117, Appendix).
| YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | 300 | 27.3 | 143 | 13.0 | 14.3 |
| 1877 | 351 | 31.1 | 170 | 15.0 | 16.0 |
| 1878 | 338 | 29.1 | 186 | 16.0 | 13.1 |
| 1879 | 327 | 27.4 | 179 | 15.0 | 12.2 |
| 1680 | 347 | 27.3 | 177 | 13.6 | 13.2 |
| 1881 | 340 | 25.5 | 167 | 12.5 | 12.9 |
| 1882 | 361 | 26.3 | 208 | 15.1 | 11.1 |
| 1883 | 349 | 24.7 | 24 | 17.1 | 7.6 |
| 1884 | 377 | 25.3 | 199 | 13.7 | 11.6 |
| 1885 | 322 | 21.7 | 167 | 11.2 | 10.4 |
The rate of natural increase (excess of births over
deaths) was 10.4 per 1,000.
The following table (II.) gives the deaths tabulated
according to their causes, sex, age, and social position.
It follows the system of the Registrar-General and
is almost identical with that which I have used for
some years. Though much abridged from the Registrar's
it represents all that is important in the mortality
statistics with which we have to deal.