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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 1893
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893
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excluded, we get a total of 2,602, giving a death-rate of
15.3. This is the nearest to a correct death-rate at which
wo can arrive. The corresponding figure for last year
was 15.7.
It will be seen also from this Table that for every 1,000 living there died in the Outlying Institutions:—
| 1892. | 1893. | |
|---|---|---|
The next Table gives interesting information as to the density of population, and the relative mortality of the industrial and other classes in each sub-district:—
| Sub-District. | Population, 1893. | Percentage of Total Population. | Number of persons to 1 acre. | Relative mortality of Industrial and other classes. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industria classes. | Other classes. | ||||
| Clapham | 45,537 | 27.0 | 36.9 | 63.1 | 36.9 |
| Putney | 18,692 | 11.1 | 8.6 | 57.1 | 42.9 |
| Streatham | 47,042 | 27.8 | 15.5 | 66.6 | 33.4 |
| Tooting | 5,306 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 83.9 | 16.1 |
| Wandsworth | 52,422 | 31.0 | 21.5 | 62.6 | 37.4 |
Table VI. gives the deaths occurring in the entire
district during 1893, classified according to sex, age, and
social position, the relative numbers in each sub.district
being also given. Those deaths are also included that
occurred in the institutions mentioned above as being
within the Wandsworth District.