Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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TOOTING.
The estimated population for the year 1892 is 5,276
and upon this are based the following statistics.
Births and Birth Rate During the year 164 births were registered,
of which 81 were males and 63 females. The birth.rate
is 31.0 per 1,000 of the population.
Deaths,Death Rate Exclusive of out.lying institutions there
and Rate of Natural were 131 deaths recorded in Tooting, 57 of
males and 74 of females, giving a death.rate of 24.8 per
1000. The actual total of deaths of parishioners
(including deaths of parishioners in out.lying institutions
within the Metropolis and excluding those of nonparishioners
dying within the district) numbers 155,
representing a death.rate of 29.3 per 1,000 of the population.
The rate of natural increase was 6.2 per 1,000.
Twenty five deaths took place in out.lying institutions,
18 were of males and 7 of females. A tabular statement,
giving the ages, causes of death, etc., is included in
Table I. One death was attributable to zymotic disease.
Of the twenty.five deaths, 10 occurred in the Wandsworth
and Clapham Union Infirmary and lifteen in general and
special hospitals.
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