London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 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 Officers of Health Annual Report.
Natural
increase.
The rate of natural increase was equal to 13.1
per 1,000 of the population, the excess of
births over deaths numbering 764, of which 3.0 were
males and 384 females.
Table I. gives the number of births and deaths,
birth-rates and death-rates, and rates of natural increase
during the past thirteen years.
| YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rates. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rates. | Rates of Natural increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188-5 | 1,078 | 35.6 | 423 | 13.9 | 23.6 |
| 1886 | 1,078 | 34.3 | 473 | 15.0 | 19.2 |
| 1887 | 1,185 | 30.0 | 445 | 11.6 | 19.1 |
| 1888 | 1,184 | 26.3 | 515 | 11.4 | 14.8 |
| 1889 | 1,020 | 25.5 | 410 | 10.2 | 15.2 |
| 1890 | 1,063 | 25.3 | 484 | 11.5 | 13.7 |
| 1891 | 1,084 | 25.2 | 555 | 11.6 | 13.5 |
| 1892 | 1,067 | 23.7 | 558 | 12.4 | 11.3 |
| 1893 | 1,206 | 25.6 | 587 | 12.4 | 13.2 |
| 1894 | 1,163 | 23.7 | 492 | 10.0 | 13.6 |
| 1895 | 1,200 | 23.4 | 581 | 11.3 | 12.1 |
| 1896 | 1,277 | 22.8 | 617 | 11.0 | 11.8 |
| 1897 | 1,331 | 22.8 | 567 | 9.7 | 13.1 |
Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions.
The deaths of parishioners in outlying Metropolitan
institutions numbered 106, compared
with 93 during the previous year
Of the deaths recorded 49 were of males, and 57 of
females.
Diphtheria contributed largely to the deaths from
Zymotic Diseases.
In the Wandsworth and Clapham Union Institutions
19 of the deaths occurred, being equal to 17 9 per cent. of