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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 1884

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

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Table: Birth-rates, Death-rates, and rates of Natural Increase in the entire district during the ten years 1874—83, compared with those of the year 1884.

Birth-rates, Death-rates, and rates of Natural Increase in the entire district during the ten years 1874—83, compared with those of the year 1884.

Years.Births.Birth-rate per 1000Deaths.Death-rate per 1000.Natural Increase.Rate of Natural Increase per 1000.
1874522136.50279619.50242516.90
1875552937.30309620.87243316.40
1876599939.04315420.00284518.51
1877615938.60299118.70316820.00
1878650839.40327519.80323319.80
1879683339.70352620.50330719.23
1880703834.20359317 50344516.80
1881758235.683 471716393518.51
1882788935.69385117.42403818.26
1883807935.14408317.79399617.39
Mean of Ten Years1874-83668437.12340118.9328218.18
1684897937.57426617.85471319.77

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It will be seen from this table that the death-rate is
1.05 per 1,000 less than the decennial average. It is
also 3.75 per 1,000 less than the rate for the 28 great
towns, 2'49 per 1,000 less than that for the whole of
London, and 1.95 per 1,000 less than that for all the
South Districts of London combined. In the case of the
whole of London, some small share in producing the low
death-rate must be ascribed to the low birth-rate; but in
this district, the birth-rate was above the decennial
average.
The following shews at a glance the great improvement
in the mortality of this district since the year 1851,