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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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rate of 12.99 per 1,000, the lowest hitherto recorded,
with the exception of the previous year (see Table I.)
The death rate for the whole of the Wandsworth District
during the same period was 17.06, for the whole of South
London, 19.2, and for the whole of London, 19.9 per
1,000 of the population.
The natural increase of the population of Clapham, i.e.,
the excess of births over deaths was 526, giving a rate
of 12.5 per thousand.
| YEARS. | Births. | Birth rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | 1,029 | 32.4 | 467 | 14.8 | 18.5 |
| 1878 | 1,019 | 34.2 | 580 | 18.1 | 15.9 |
| 1879 | 1,125 | 34.1 | 561 | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| 1880 | 1,082 | 29.7 | 544 | 14.9 | 15.1 |
| 1881 | 1,059 | 28.9 | 499 | 13.5 | 15.3 |
| 1882 | 1,081 | 28.8 | 544 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
| 1883 | 10,85 | 28.25 | 580 | 15.1 | 13.1 |
| 1884 | 1,123 | 28.32 | 543 | 13.7 | 14.6 |
| 1885 | 1,030 | 25.22 | 508 | 12.44 | 12.7 |
| 1886 | 1,071 | 25.53 | 545 | 12.99 | 12.5 |
Deaths in
Out-lying
Institutions.
The deaths already enumerated do not
include those of inhabitants of this sub-district
who have died in out-lying institutions, such
as the Union Infirmary, the Asylums Board Hospitals
for Infectious Diseases, and the General and Special
Hospitals of the Metropolis. In the following table,
these additional deaths, 76 in number, are arranged so
as to shew the causes of death, age and sex of patients,
and character of the Institution in which they died.