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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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PUTNEY & ROEHAMPTON.
I estimate the population in the sub-district of
Putney and. Roehampton to be 21, 125. This number
will be taken as the basis of calculation in the various
tables included in this report. 1 his number is an increase
of 559 on the population of the preceding year.
Births and The total number of births registered was
Birth-rates. 510, which is equivalent to a birth-rate of
241 per 1,000 per annum. The decennial average was
24 1. The birth-rate tends to remain, therefore, very
stable. Of the 510 births, 278 were males, and 232
females—a large excess of males over females.
Deaths and 238 deaths were registered within the subDeath-rates.
district, from all causes, and of these, 121 were
males and 117 females. Six deaths of those registered
within the sub-district were of non-parishioners.
During the year, however, 49 parishioners died outside
the parish in various outlying institutions.