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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
| Tear. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year or Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents regtered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | N umber. | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.** | Number. 1 | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | s | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1890 | 42000 | 1063 | 25.3 | 120 | 112 | 484 | 11.5 | 12 | 12 | 61 | 633 | 12.6 |
| 1891 | 42958 | 1084 | 26.2 | 117 | 108 | 555 | 11.6 | 56 | 56 | 38 | 637 | 12.5 |
| 1892 | 46000 | 1067 | 23.7 | 128 | 120 | 558 | 12.4 | 41 | 40 | 54 | 572 | 12.7 |
| 1893 | 47042 | 1206 | 25.6 | 150 | 123 | 587 | 12.4 | 36 | 36 | 61 | 612 | 13.0 |
| 1894 | 49084 | 1163 | 23.7 | 109 | 93 | 492 | 10.0 | 42 | 44 | 63 | 611 | 10.2 |
| 1895 | 61126 | 1200 | 23.4 | 125 | 104 | 581 | 11.3 | 32 | 32 | 73 | 622 | 12.1 |
| 1896 | 65907 | 1277 | 22.8 | 176 | 137 | 617 | 11.0 | 36 | 37 | 93 | 673 | 12.0 |
| 1897 | 58183 | 1331 | 22.8 | 146 | 109 | 567 | 9.7 | 30 | 36 | 106 | i 637 | 10.9 |
| 1898 | 60459 | 1359 | 22.4 | 163 | 119 | 708 | 11.7 | 72 | 73 | 101 | 735 | 12.8 |
| 1899 | 62735 | 1480 | 23.5 | 208 | 140 | 740 | 11.7 | 28 | 30 | 110 | 820 | 13.0 |
| Averages for years 1890-1899 | 51449 | 1223 | 23.8 | 144 | 116 | 588 | 11.3 | 38 | 39 | 76 | 625 | 12.1 |
| 1900 | 65511 | 1546 | 23.6 | 189 | 118 | 759 | 11.5 | 32 | 38 | 104 | 825 | 12 .6 |
*Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.— The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of
those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the district or
division. The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7,
corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the
number in Column 11.
By the term "Non-residents," is meant persons brought into the district on
account of illness, and dying there; and by the term "Residents,'' is meant persons
who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have died elsewhere.
Area of District in acres Total population of all ages 42,958 At
(exclusive of area 2,443. Number of inhabited houses 7,048 Census
covered by water). Average number of persons per house 6.0 of 1891