London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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In Table II. the 1,348 uuaths in West Battersea include
261 deaths in the Union Infirmary and 11 in the
Bolingbroke Pay Hospital, without which the death-rate
would be 15*0 per 1,000. The 722 deaths in Wandsworth
include 144 in public institutions within the subdistrict,
without which the death-rate would be 17.8
per 1,000.
The death-rate was 17.06 per 1,000 persons; the lowest
for ten years except last year, in which it was 16.87 per
1,000. The death-rate for the whole of London during
last year was 19'9 per 1,000.
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 per1000. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000. | Natural Increase. | Rate of Natural Increase per 1000. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | ||||||
| 3275 | ||||||
| 7367 | ||||||
| 1886. | 8896 | 34.60 | 4398 | 17.06 | 4489 | 17.4 - |