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Wandsworth 1918
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The corrected number of deaths, after adding the deaths of
persons belonging to the Borough, and subtracting those of persons
dying in the Borough and not belonging thereto, was 4,407, 2,045
of males, and 2,362 of females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 15.07 compared
with 12.69 in 1917 This increase was wholly due to the severe
outbreak of Influenza in the autumn, dealt with more fully on
page 21 of this Report.
The death-rate for the whole of London for the year was 18.9
per 1,000, compared with 15.0 in 1917.
Table VIII. shows the total number of deaths and the deathrates
for each sub-district and for the whole Borough, corrected
and uncorrected for deaths in Public Institutions.
TABLE VIII.
| Sub-Districts. | Corrected Deaths. | Uncorrected Deaths. | Corrected Death-rate. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Clapham | 428 | 456 | 884 | 342 | 411 | 753 | 16 .06 |
| Putney | 165 | 216 | 381 | 153 | 171 | 324 | 14.36 |
| Streatham | 607 | 763 | 1,370 | 429 | 555 | 984 | 15.15 |
| Tooting | 230 | 257 | 487 | 485 | 412 | 897 | 14.42 |
| Wandsworth | 615 | 670 | 1,285 | 597 | 647 | 1,244 | 14.81 |
| Whole Borough | 2.045 | 2,362 | 4.407 | 2,006 | 2,196 | 4,202 | 15.07 |
The death-rate in England and Wales in 1918 was 17.6 per
1,000 ; in the 96 great Towns 18.2; and in the 148 smaller Towns 16.1.
The rates in all the sub-districts were higher than in 1917.
Table IX. is the general mortality Table for the whole district,
corrected for internal and external Institutions, and also includes
all deaths of Borough residents occurring in other places in London,
and in England and Wales during the year. Table X. gives certain
vital statistics for the whole Borough for the year, and the
previous five years ; and Table XI. shows the cases of infectious
disease notified during the year.