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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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persons living during the ten years 1878—87, the population
of the past year was 36,597, yielding a birth.rate
of 41.34 per 1,000, a rate of natural increase of 24.62
per 1,000, and a death.rate corrected for institutions, of
16.72 per 1,000.
The Birth and Death rates for the past and ten preceding
years, calculated by the official method, are
compared in the subjoined table:—
| Years. | Births. | Birth.rate. | *Deaths from all causes. | Death.rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrected. | Uncorrected. | |||||
| 1878 | 718 | 30.53 | 422 | 14.41 | 17.26 | 16.12 |
| 1879 | 744 | 37.97 | 516 | 18 .04 | 20.56 | 19.93 |
| 1880 | 810 | 30 .53 | 484 | 15 .45 | 1767 | 15 .08 |
| 1881 | 901 | 33. 70 | 507 | 17.43 | 17.97 | 16.61 |
| 1882 | 972 | 35 .28 | 544 | 17.49 | 18.70 | 17 .79 |
| 1883 | 907 | 32 .07 | 499 | 16 .17 | 16. 71 | 15.90 |
| 1884 .. | 1,072 | 36.72 | 576 | 17.23 | 18 .77 | 18.84 |
| 1885 .. | 1,122 | 37.37 | 628 | 18.82 | 19.93 | 18 .55 |
| 1886 . | 1,255 | 40.40 | 722 | 19.05 | 22.33 | 21 .35 |
| 1887 .. | 1,338 | 41.96 | 610 | 15.58 | 1840 | 24.59 |
| 1888 .. | 1,451 | 44 36 | 711 | 18.07 | 20.90 | 21.78 |
* Deaths in Outlying Institutions not included.
In the following table all the causes of death are
exhibited; they are arranged in classes, in accordance with
the system of the Registrar-General, shewing the age at
death at eight periods with the number, sex, and social
position of the deceased; the deaths from each disease
of the zymotic class being set forth separately.