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5
REPORT
ON THE
HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
WANDSWORTH DISTRICT,
DURING THE YEAR 1889.
Population. Since the last annual report, the registration
district of Streatham and Tooting has been sub-divided.
In this report the Parish of Tooting is a registration subdistrict
by itself. This fact therefore must be borne in
mind in considering the figures in reference to the Parish
of Streatham.
The official population of the Wandsworth District in
the middle of the year 1889 was 142,108. This estimate
is obtained in the usual way by taking the population at
the last census as a basis of calculation, and adding to it
the increase since that date. This increase is estimated
as having gone on at the same ratio as obtained during
the last inter-censal period. This estimate is almost
certainly very much under the actual population at the
present time.
Births. The total number of births registered during
the year was 4,078—2,068 males and 2,010 females.
In table I. the relative numbers and birth-rates in the
different sub-districts are given. The birth-rate over the
entire district was 27.5 per thousand per annum. The
rate of natura increase of the population was 15.4 per
thousand.