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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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Birth The number of births registered during the
Birth-rate year was 1,122—571 of males and 551 of
Rate of females, and was no less than 171, or more than
Natural 15 per cent., in excess of the average of the preincrease.
crding ten years. Such a large increase in the
number of births clearly indicates a correspondingly
large accession to the population by immigration, to
which reference has been already made. Calculated
from the official estimate of the population, the birth-rate
was 37.37, and the rate of natural increase 18.55 per
1,0( 0 persons of all ages.
The birth and death rates for ten years are exhibited
in the subjoined table:—

Table: TABLE II.Birth and Death Rates.

TABLE II.

Birth and Death Rates.

Years.Births.Birth-rate.* Deaths from all Causes.Death-rate.Rate of Natural Increase.
Corrected.Uncorrected.
187667930.5346116.7319.8913.80
187768429.9038412.5916.1317.31
187871830.5342214.4117.2616.12
187974437.9751618.0420.5619.93
188081030.5348415.4517.6715.08
188190133.7050717.4317.9716.61
188297235.2854417.4918.7017.79
188390732.0749916.1716.7115.90
18841,07236.7257617.2318.7718.81
18851,12237.3762818.8219.9318.55

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* Deaths in Outlying Institutions not included.
Causes The following table contains a nosological
of Death. classfiication of all the causes of death, distinguishing
the several diseases of the Zymotic class, and
shewing the sex, age at death at eight periods, and the
social position of the deceased persons: —