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98
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
32 belonged to Wandsworth, 57 to Battersea, 13 to
Clapham, 9 to Putney, 8 to S treat ham, and 5 to Tooting.
The birth-rate after correction was 30.17, compared
with 29.6 in 1896. The birth-rate for the Metropolis
for the year 1897 was, 299, slightly lower than the
corrected birth-rate for this parish
The rate of natural increase, or the excess of births
over deaths was uncorrected 20.25, and corrected 14.16
per 1,000.
Deaths and
Death-rate.
The number of deaths registered was 838,
402 of males and 436 of females. This is a
decrease of 48 compared with 1896, and is no less than
121 under the corrected decennial average. The deathrate
for the year was 13 68 per 1,000, 1.14 per 1,000
uuder last year, and 2.64 less than than the corrected
decennial average.
In the several public institutions in the parish, there
occurred 172 deaths of persons who belonged to other
districts. This shows an increase of 32 compared with
the year 1896. Of these, 133 occurred in the Middlesex
Lunatic Asylum, 17 in the Royal Hospital for Incurables,
3 in St. Peter's Hospital, 9 in the Prison, 8 in
the Workhouse, and 2 in the Patriotic Asylum for Girls.
No death oocurred in the Boys' Home during the year.
There also occurred in various parts of the district,
principally from drowning and accident, 5 deaths of
persons who resided in other districts, making a total of
177 deaths to he deducted from the total number
registered.
The death-rate after correction for the above internal
institutions was 11.52 per 1,000, 1.83 per 1,000
less than last year, and 2.6 per 1,000 under the corrected
decennial average.