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Wandsworth 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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TOOTING.
In estimating the population of Tooting I find by the
light of the census recently taken, that the ordinary
official method would lead to unreliable results. I have
therefore taken as the basis of my calculation the number
of inhabited houses. The population of Tooting for
the middle of the year 1890 I estimate at 5,700.
Births,
Birth-rate
and Rate of
Natural
Increase.
The number of births registered during the
year was 168,—86 males, and 82 females.
The birth-rate was 26.2 per 1,000 of the estimated
population. The excess of births
over deaths, or the rate of natural increase was 10.3 per
1,000.
Deaths and
Death-rate.
During the year 109 deaths were recorded,
56 males and 53 females. These include
deaths in outlying Institutions. Exclusive of these there
were 98 deaths in Tooting.