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General to the "special systems of drainage and cleanliness
in use in London;" and we may, therefore, congratulate
the Wandsworth District Board upon the low deathrate
prevailing within its jurisdiction as an outcome of
the sanitary improvements and provisions of which it
has been the source. The mortality in the 20 largest
cities of England was 24.2 per 1,000, and, including
Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin, 24.4, and that of 50
other town districts 23.0. The table now presented
shows the official population, total deaths and death-rate
in the five sub-divisions of the Wandsworth District.
SUB-DISTRICTS.
Officially estimated
Population
in the middle of
Deaths.
Death-rate.
Excluding Non-
Parishioners
who have Died
in Public
Institutions.
1877 1878 1877 1878 1877 1878 1878
per 1000
Battersea 75,606 79,068 1,726 1,803 1 in 43 1 in 43 22.7 1 in 49
Wandsworth 23,806 24,449 384 422 1 in 62 1 in 57 18.l 1 in 70
Clapham 31,381 32,031 467 580 1 in 67 1 in 55 17.2 1 in 56
Streatham, Tooting, and
Balham 17,227 17,667 244 284 1 in 70 1 in 62 16.7 } Inappreciable difference
Putney & Roehampton 11,287 11,597 170 186 1 in 66 1 in 62 16.0 }
The excess of births over deaths (i.e. the natural
increase of the population) was 3,233, and the rate 19.8
per 1,000.
Causes of Death.— The mortality statistics for the
whole district will be found as usual in the first table of
the Appendix. The total deaths occurring in each subdistrict
are to be found in the first five columns, and the
sex, age and social position represented in the remaining
columns.