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Wandsworth 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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REPORT,
ON THE
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
ENTIRE DISTRICT,
1885.
VITAL STATISTICS.
The number of persons living in this District
population. at the middle of the year 1885, assuming the
rate of increase of the population to be the same as during
the decade 1871—81, was 248,410, being an increase of
9,413 on the previous year's population.
The total births registered during the year
births.
numbered 8,606,—4,365 of males and 4,241 of
females.The number of births and the birth.rates in
the several sub.districts are compared in the following
table:—