London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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The table below gives a retrospect of the births and deaths during the 11 years 1870.80.
| YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Number of Deaths from nil Causes. | Death-rate. | Rate of Natural Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870 | 271 | 29.5 | 145 | 15.7 | 13.7 |
| 1871 | 275 | 28.9 | 151 | 15.8 | 13.0 |
| 1872 | 279 | 28.4 | 144 | 14.6 | 14.0 |
| 1873 | 320 | 30.6 | 125 | 13.3 | 18.3 |
| 1874 | 290 | 27.8 | 156 | 15.0 | 12.8 |
| 1875 | 292 | 27.8 | 167 | 15.7 | 11.6 |
| 1876 | 300 | 27.3 | 143 | 13.0 | 14.3 |
| 1877 | 851 | 31.1 | 170 | 15.0 | 16.0 |
| 1878 | 338 | 29.1 | 186 | 16.0 | 13.1 |
| 1879 | 327 | 27.4 | 179 | 15.0 | 12.2 |
| 1880 | 348 | 27.3 | 177 | 13.6 | 13.2 |
The difference between the births and deaths was
171, and the rate of natural increase 13.2 per 1,000. It
is satisfactory to note that with increase of population
we have decrease of the death-rate.
The table which follows is, in an abridged form, the
same as that employed by the Registrar-General, and
also arranged according to the classification of diseases
drawn up by the College of Physicians of London, for
use in certifying the causes of death. Some sub-classes,
which appeared to me unnecessary, have been omitted,
and others which I deemed useful in classifying the
causes of death, adopted.
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