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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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8 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
| Years. | Birth.rate per 1000. | Death.rate per 1000, | Rate of Natural Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | 29.5 | 13.4 | 16.1 |
| 1889 | 27.5 | 11.6 | 15.8 |
| 1890 | 27.01 | 14.58 | 12.43 |
| 1891 | 28.52 | 13.1 | 15.45 |
| 1892 | 26.23 | 13.4 | 11.53 |
| 1893 | 27.1 | 12.8 | 13'0 |
| 1894 | 25.17 | 12.6 | 12.57 |
| 1895 | 26.01 | 14.48 | 11.58 |
| 1896 | 25.48 | 14.29 | 11.19 |
| 1897 | 25*72 | 13.22 | 12.5 |
| Mean of Ten Years | 26.82 | 13.34 | 13.2 |
| 1898 | 25.36 | 1453 | 10.83 |
Comparing the death.rate with those of former
years, we find that it is higher than the mean for the
last ten years (13.34), and is also higher than that of
any of the ten years with the exception of 1890, though
it was nearly equalled in 1895 and 1896. The rate is,
however, seen to be a low one as compared with those
of neighbouring parishes, for in Battersea we find it to
be 16.9, and in Lambeth 17.9, and in the whole of
London it was 18.3. The mortality rate is seen to vary
in the sub.districts from 12.1 in Streatham to 18.4 in
Tooting.
The Outlying Deaths above referred to are shown in
the following Table, and are arranged according to the
respective sub.districts to which they belong, and the
institutions in which they have occurred.