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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Table III. gives us the advantage of comparing the
birth and death-rates in 1 the entire district during the
last ten years. This reveals the fact which is also brought
out in the Registrar General's Annual Summary for
London that the year was remarkable for having had the
lowest death-rates on record.
| Years. | Birth-rate per 1000. | Death-rate per 1000. | Rate of Natural Inerease. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1879 | 33.4 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
| 1880 | 28.9 | 15.0 | 13.9 |
| 1881 | 30.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 |
| 1882 | 30.8 | 15.5 | 15.3 |
| 1883 | 30.4 | 16.5 | 13.9 |
| 1884 | 32.3 | 15.3 | 17.0 |
| 1885 | 30.0 | 13.0 | 17.0 |
| 1886 | 30.8 | 14.5 | 16.3 |
| 1887 | 30.4 | 13.3 | 17.1 |
| 1888 | 29.5 | 13.4 | 16.1 |
| Mean of Ten Years. | 30.6 | 14.7 | 15.9 |
| 1889 | 27.5 | 11.6 | 15.8 |
In this district we have attained the very low deathrate
of 11.6 per thousand, while the mean for the preceding
ten years was 14.7. In London generally the deathrate
was 17 4 and the birth-rate 30.3 per thousand. Both
the birth and death-rates were the lowest ever recorded in
this district, while the rate of natural increase of the population
remains about the average.
Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions.
The deaths recorded in the preceding tables
do not include the inhabitants who died
in institutions without the district,