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Wandsworth 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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APPENDIX
OF
STATISTICAL TABLES.
TABLE I.
Showing the average mortality of the ten years previous to 1859, in the entire
Wandsworth District, and the decrease in the number of deaths in favour of the
past year.
Deaths registered in the ten years, viz. :
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1526
963
1016
1114
1148
1733
1144
1144
1097
1264
Average of the above ten years
1215
Above average, corrected for increase of Population
1336
Deaths registered in 1859
1322
Decrease of Deaths in favour of 1859
14
TABLE II.
Births during the year ending 31st December, 1859.
Sub-districts
Males
Females
Total
Clapham
290
304
594
Wandsworth
186
170
356
Battersea
•
366
319
685
Putney and Roehampton
97
92
189
Streatham, including Tooting and Balham
117
121
238
Total
1056
1006
2062
***The excess of Births over Deaths in the entire district is 740.