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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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6 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Births.
The total number registered during the year was 5,096, and consisted of 2,581 males and 2,515 females. The numbers in the various parishes with the birth.rates and the rates of natural increase are shown in the following Table :—
| IRTHS. | RATES. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub.Districts. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth.rate | Rate of Natural Increase. |
| Clapham | 527 | 574 | 1101 | 22.7 | 9.84 |
| Putney | 297 | 264 | 561 | 25.8 | 13.5 |
| Streatham | 669 | 690 | 1359 | 22.4 | 10.7 |
| Tooting | 123 | 131 | 254 | 32.1 | 13.7 |
| Wandsworth | 965 | 856 | 1821 | 28.71 | 17.13 |
| Whole District | 2581 | 2515 | 5096 | 25.36 | 10.83 |
The birth.rate was 25.36, compared with 25.72 in
the previous year, and showing, therefore, a slight fall.
This rate is the lowest of the last ten years with the
exception of 1894. The mean rate for the decade was
26 "82, and, as shown in Table 3, there has been a nearly
continuously steady fall during that period. The birthrate
for the Metropolis was 29.5 per thousand of the
population, and was the lowest rate on record. The rate
is seen to differ considerably in the sub.districts, the
highest being 32 1 in Tooting and the lowest 22.4 in
Streatham. The natural increase of the population, or
the excess of births over deaths, was 2,241, and the rate
of natural increase per thousand was 10.83. The mean
of the last ten years was 13.2, and the rate for 1898
was the lowest of the decade.