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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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Sub-district of Putney and Roehampton.
of parishioners who died in outlying institutions. There
cannot be any doubt that greater advantage is taken of
hospital accommodation, especially for cases of infectious
disease, than in former years, The death-rate, including
only the deaths registered within the sub-district, was 12.3
per 1,000 per annum.
If we add the number of deaths of parishioners registered
outside the district, we have a total of 314, and a
death-rate of 14.4.
The death-rate was 2 above the decennial average.
| YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | 376 | 23.0 | 182 | 11.1 | 11.9 |
| 1890 | 453 | 25.4 | 234 | 13.1 | 12.3 |
| 1891 | 479 | 26.9 | 213 | 11.9 | 15.0 |
| 1892 | 447 | 24.5 | 247 | 13.5 | 11.0 |
| 1893 | 462 | 24.7 | 256 | 13.6 | 11.1 |
| 1894 | 455 | 23.7 | 190 | 9.9 | 13.8 |
| 1895 | 472 | 24.0 | 258 | 13.1 | 10.9 |
| 1896 | 468 | 22.1 | 252 | 12.2 | 10.5 |
| 1897 | 510 | 24.1 | 238 | 11.2 | 12.9 |
Rate of Natural Increase of Population The excess of the birth-rate over the deathrate
gives the rate of natural increase of the
population, supposing no emigration of the
population took place. This excess was equal to 13.5 per
1,000 per annum, which is 1.3 above the decennial
average.
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