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Wandsworth 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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52
CLAPHAM.
The following introductory table requires no comments
from me to show the comprehensive nature of the information
which it possesses, for all those who are interested in the
social and sanitary progress of this rapidly increasing suburb.
It shows at a glance the main features of the vital statistics
of the year 1883 compared with those of the ten preceding
years.

Table: Marriages, Births and Deaths during the eleven years 1873—83.

Marriages, Births and Deaths during the eleven years 1873—83.

Years.18731874187518761877187818791880188118821883
Marriages207284243313319282303329349339318
Births92993796510291019109511251082105910811085
Deaths475528548545467580561544499544580
Excess of Births over Deaths454409417484552515564538560537505