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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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Deaths and The total number of deaths registered
Death-rate. during the year was 423, a diminution of 22
on the number registered in 1884. Of these deaths 197
were those of males, and 226 those of females. The
death-rate calculated from the total number of deaths,
and the official estimate of the population, was 13.9 per
thousand persons living during the year. This is below
the decennial average, and when the increased density of
the population is considered it is a very low one.
TABLE 1.
Births and Death Rates.
| YEARS. | | Births. | Birth-rate | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate | Rate of Natural Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | 536 | 32.0 | 260 | 15.5 | 16.4 |
| 1877 | 585 | 34.0 | 244 | 12.5 | 20.0 |
| 1878 | 609 | 34.4 | 284 | 16. 7 | 18.0 |
| 1879 | 636 | 34.3 | 290 | 15.6 | 18.7 |
| 1880 | 703 | 28.1 | 348 | 13.9 | 14.2 |
| 1881 | 830 | 32.1 | 313 | 12.1 | 20.0 |
| 1882 | 891 | 33.0 | 341 | 12.6 | 20.4 |
| 1883 | 1,027 | 36.9 | 419 | 14.9 | 21.5 |
| 1884 | 1,138 | 39.2 | 445 | 15.3 | 23.9 |
| 1885 | 1,078 | 35.6 | 423 | 13.9 | 23.6 |
Deaths in The above record of deaths does not
outlying include the mortality amongst those in-
institutions. habitants of this sub-district who died in
outlying institutions.
The subjoined Table gives the additional deaths, with
the nature of the cause of death, the age and sex of the
patients and the character of the lustitutiou iu which
they died.