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Wandsworth 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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(Table I.) Name of District. — Wandsworth.
| Year. | Population estimated to end of each year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Non-Residents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.1 | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate. * | |||||
| 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. |
*Rates calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the
district or division. The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the substraction of the number in Column 10 and
the addition of the number in Column 11. By the term "Non.residents," is meant persons brought into the district on account of illness, and dying
there; and by the term "Residents," is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have died elsewhere.
Area of District in acres , Total population at all ages 156,931
(exclusive of area 9,126½. Number of inhabited houses 25,398 At Census of 1891.
covered by water). Average number of persons per house 6.1