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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 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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number of births have nearly doubled during the last ten
years; in the year 1878 there were 609 births, in 1883
1184.
Natural The rate of natural increase as represented by
Increase. the excess of births over deaths was 14.86 per 1000
of the population.
Deaths and During the year 1883, 515 deaths were
registered in the sub-district, 261 of these were
of males and 251 of females. They are equivalent to a
death-rate of 11.4 per 1000, as compared with 11.6 in
the year 1887, and the lowest death-rate recorded during
the decennium. When to these deaths are added those
of persons who died in various outlying, general and
special hospitals, the death-rate is raised to 12.8 per 1000
as compared with 13 0 per 1000 last year.
| YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1877 | 585 | 34.0 | 244 | 12.5 | 20.0 |
| 1878 | 609 | 34.4 | 284 | 16.7 | 18 0 |
| 1879 | 636 | 34.3 | 290 | 15.6 | 18 .7 |
| 1880 | 703 | 28.1 | 348 | 13 9 | 14.2 |
| 1881 | 830 | 32.1 | 313 | 12 1 | 20 0 |
| 1882 | 891 | 33.0 | 341 | 12 0 | 20.4 |
| 1883 | 1,027 | 36.9 | 419 | 14.9 | 21.5 |
| 1884 | 1,138 | 39.2 | 445 | 15 3 | 23 9 |
| 1885 | 1,078. | 35 6 | 423 | 13.9 | 23.6 |
| 1886 | 1,07 8 | 34.3 | 473 | 15.0 | 19.2 |
| 1887 | 1,185 | 30.0 | 445 | 19.1 | |
The deaths that took place in outlying, general, and
special hospitals are given in the following table, winch.