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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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| YEARS. | Births. | Birth rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | 1,029 | 32.4 | 467 | 14.8 | 18.5 |
| 1878 | 1,019 | 34.2 | 580 | 18.1 | 15.9 |
| 1879 | 1,125 | 34.1 | 561 | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| 1880 | 1,082 | 29.7 | 544 | 14.9 | 15.1 |
| 1881 | 1,059 | 28.9 | 499 | 13.5 | 15.3 |
| 1882 | 1,081 | 26.8 | 544 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
| 1883 | 10,85 | 28.2 | 580 | 15.1 | 13.1 |
| 1884 | 1,123 | 28.3 | 543 | 13.7 | 14.6 |
| 1885 | 1,030 | 25.2 | 508 | 12.44 | 12.7 |
| 1886 | 1,071 | 25.5 | 545 | 12.99 | 12.5 |
| 1887 | 1,136 | 26.3 | 600 | 13.93 | 12.4 |
Deaths and
Death-rate.
During the year 1887, 600 deaths, 293 of
males and 307 of females were registered in
the sub-district. These are equivalent to a death-rate
of 13.93 per thousand as compared with 12.99 in the
previous year. The death-rate for the whole of London
during the same period was 19.6 per thousand inhabitants.
Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions.
The deaths already enumerated do not include
those of inhabitants of this sub-district
who have died in out-lying institutions. In the following
table, these additional deaths, 93 in number, are
arranged so as to shew the causes of death, age and sex
of patients, and character of the institution in which
they died.