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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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District. 7
Deaths. The total number registered was 2,855, of
which 1,456 were males and 1,399 females.
This is an increase on the previous year, when the total
was 2,602. This includes all the deaths shown in Table
VI, in which are to be found 462 deaths of persons not
belonging to the District, but which occurred therein,
but it does not include the deaths in outlying institutions
which should be properly added. They are shown in
Table IV., and amounted to 492, and, with this addition
and subtraction, we get a corrected total of 2,885. The
corrected death.rate was 14.53, and the crude rate was
14.1. The next Table shows the distribution in the sub.
districts, and the death.rates, corrected and uncorrected,
in each.
| DEATHS. | Uncorrected Death.rate. | Corrected Death.rate. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub.Districts. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Clapham | 306 | 318 | 624 | 12.86 | 14.66 |
| Putney | 140 | 128 | 268 | 12.3 | 144 |
| Streatham | 379 | 329 | 708 | 11.7 | 12.1 |
| Tooting | 159 | 135 | 294 | 37.1 | l8.4 |
| Wandsworth | 472 | 489 | 961 | 15.03 | 16.31 |
| Whole District | 1456 | 1399 | 2855 | 141 | 14.53 |
The following Table shows the rates for the last ten
years:—