London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
This page requires JavaScript
21
CLAPHAM.
Population. The population of Clapham, as estimated by
the plan adopted by the Registrar-General was 44,145
in the middle of 1888, being an increase of 1,100 for the
year. There is every reason to think, however, that the
population of Clapham has increased more than is shewn
in the estimate, and that the following death-rates, &c.,
are higher than would be the case, if the population were
more accurately known.
Births and Birth-rate.
The number of births registered was 1,076,
537 of boys, and 539 of girls. The annual
birth-rate was 24.3 per thousand of the estimated population,
which was decidedly lower than that of any of the
last eleven years.