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Parish of Wandsworth.
132 births took place in the Workhouse, of which
60 belonged to Battersea, 13 to Clapham, six to l'utney,
12 to Streatham, seven to Tooting, and 34 to Wandsworth.
After deducting the number of births which
occurred in the Workhouse, other than those belonging
to Wandsworth, the birth-rate was 28.71 per 1,000,
compared with 30.17 in 1897, and 296 in 1896
The rate of natural increase, or the excess of births
oyer deaths was, uncorrected, 17.13, and corrected 12.4
per 1,000.
Deaths and 961 deaths, 472 of males and 489 of females,
Death-rate. were registered during the year, an increase
of 123 deaths, 70 of males and 63 of females,
compared with 1897, and 34.6 above the corrected
decennial average. The death-rate for the year was
15 03 per 1,000, 1.35 per 1,000 above the year 1897, but
it is .82 per 1,000 under the decennial average.
162 deaths occurred in the various public institutions
situated in this parish, a decrease of 10 compared
with last year. Of these, 136 occurred in the Middlesex
Lunatic Asylum, 13 in the Royal Hospital for Incurables,
two in St. Peter's Hospital, seven in the
Prison, and four in the Workhouse. No deaths occurred
in the Royal Patriotic Asylum for Girls, or the Boys'
Home during the year. Six other deaths of persons
belonging to other parishes took place in this subdistrict,
making a total of 168 deaths occurring among
persons not belonging to this parish, to be deducted
from the total number of deaths registered.
After correction for the above internal institutions,
the death-rate was 13.21 per 1,000, 1.69 per 1,000
more than last year, but .51 under the decennial average.