Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Death. The death.rate was 16.87 per 1,000 persons,
rate. a lower rate than in any of the ten preceding
years.
The birth.rates, death.rates, and rates of natural increase
of the past and ten previous years are shewn in
the following table:—
Years. | Births. | Birth.rate per 1000. | Deaths. | Death.rate per 1000. | Natural Increase. | Rate of Natural Increase per 1000. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1875 | 5529 | 37.30 | 3096 | 20.87 | 2433 | 16.40 |
1876 | 5999 | 39.04 | 3154 | 20.00 | 2845 | 18.51 |
1877 | 6159 | 38.60 | 2991 | 18.70 | 3168 | 20.00 |
1878 | 6508 | 39.40 | 3275 | 19.80 | 3233 | 19.80 |
1879 | 6833 | 39.70 | 3526 | 20.50 | 3307 | 19.23 |
1880 | 7038 | 34.20 | 3593 | 17.50 | 3445 | 16.80 |
1881 | 7582 | 35.68 | 3647 | 17.16 | 3935 | 18.51 |
1882 | 7889 | 35.69 | 3851 | 17.42 | 4038 | 18.26 |
1883 | 8079 | 35.14 | 4083 | 17.79 | 3996 | 17.39 |
1884 | 8979 | 37.57 | 4266 | 17.85 | 4713 | 19.77 |
Mean of Ten Years 1875—84 | 7059 | 36.53 | 3548 | 18.75 | 3041 | 18.46 |
1885 | 8606 | 34.60 | 4192 | 16.87 | 4414 | 17.9 |