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Wandsworth 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Medical Officen of Health Annual Report.
TABLE I.
| BIRTHS. | RATES. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Districts. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
| Clapham | 590 | 574 | 1164 | 24.35 | 10.32 |
| Putney | 278 | 232 | 510 | 24.1 | 12.9 |
| Streatham | 666 | 665 | 1331 | 22.8 | 13.1 |
| Tooting | 109 | 106 | 215 | 28.2 | 16.0 |
| Wandsworth | 915 | 907 | 1822 | 31.77 | 20.25 |
| Whole District | 2558 | 2484 | 5042 | 25.72 | 12.5 |
The birth-rate was 25.72, compared with 25.48 in
the previous year. The mean rate for the last ten years
was 27.29, so that the rate is much below the average.
A glance at Table III. shows the steady fall that the
birth-rate has undergone in the decade, from a maximum
of 30.4 in 1887. There is seen to be a great variation
in the rate in the different sub-districts, Wandsworth
having the highest, 31.77, and Streatham the lowest,
22.8. The birth-rate for the Metropolis, in 1897, was
30.0, the lowest on record. The natural increase of the
population, or the excess of births over deaths, was 2,440,
giving a rate of 12.5 per thousand living, which is higher
than in the two previous years.
Deaths. The total number registered was 2,602, consisting
of 1,263 males and 1,339 females. In the previous
year there were 2,736 deaths. This total includes
514 deaths of persons not belonging to the District, but
who died therein, and does not include the 525 deaths
in out-lying institutions shown in Table IV. The corrected
total is, therefore, 2,613; the crude death-rate is
13.27, and the corrected rate 13.22. The following