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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 1919
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919
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| Staple industries of the Borough. | No. of works. | No. of employees. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | ||
| Gas mantle works | 5 | 109 | I,527 |
| Laundries | 149 | 190 | 2,353 |
| Gas and electric lighting works | 2 | 380 | — |
| Optical works | 4 | 575 | 89 |
| General and motor engineering works | 28 | 627 | — |
| Box making works | 4 | 41 | 571 |
Births.
During the year 1919, 5,441 births, 2,786 of males and 2,655
of females, occurred, compared with 4,685 in 1918.
The total number of births in this Borough was 5,476, but
462 births occurred in Institutions outside the Borough of persons
belonging to the Borough, and 497 births in Institutions in the
Borough of persons not belonging to the Borough, making a
corrected total of 5,441.
In Table II. is shown the number of births, males and females'
the birth-rate, and the rate of natural increase for each sub-district,
and for the whole Borough.
| Sub-District. | Births. | Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-Rate. | Rate of natural increase. | |
| Clapham | 495 | 433 | 928 | 15.58 | 2.97 |
| Patney | 209 | 156 | 365 | 12.76 | .66 |
| Streatham | 844 | 797 | 1,641 | 15.64 | 3.79 |
| Tooting | 369 | 375 | 744 | 19.21 | 10.12 |
| Wandsworth | 869 | 894 | 1,763 | 17.63 | 7.05 |
| Whole Borough | 2,786 | 2,655 | 5,441 | 16.40 | 5.09 |