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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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the case we will take the total population as being in
round numbers 38 000, the death.rate calculated from
this estimate of the population would be 12.4 per 1,000
persons living during the year The death.rate for the
whole of London was 19.9 per 1,000 in 1886, and the
death.rate in the twenty.eight great towns of England
and Wales was in the proportion of 20.9 in a year per
1,000 persons living.
| YEARS. | Births. | Birth.rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death.rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1886 | 1,078 | 343 | 473 | 15.0 | 19.2 |
Deaths in The deaths already tabulated as occurring
Outlying this sub.district do not include the deaths
institutions. of persons belonging to Streatham and
Tooting who died in various outlying general and
special hospitals.
These additional deaths are exhibited in the following
table, which shows the nature of the cause of death, the
age and sex of the deceased, and the character of the
Institution in which they died.