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Wandsworth 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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PUTNEY and ROEHAMPTON.
The death-rate of this Sub-district during the year
shows an advance upon that of last year. The probable
under-estimate of the population which we are obliged to
take tends to make the death-rate appear higher than it
really is.
Population.-The year 1878 being the seventh
from the census-year, we have good reasons for believing
that our population, calculated according to the rate of
increase prevailing between the years of the two last
census, is considerably short of the actual numbers. Still
we are compelled for the sake of uniformity and in the
absence of other authenticated statistics to adopt this
uncertain and unsatisfactory method. The population
of this Sub-district according to that method at the
middle of 1878 was 11,597.