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Wandsworth 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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14 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| Births. | Rates. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Districts. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-Rate | Rate of natural increase. |
| Clapham | 632 | ||||
| Putney | 266 | 272 | 22.11 | 9.21 | |
| Streatham | 819 | 810 | 1,629 | 22.42 | 10.79 |
| Tooting | 316 | 269 | |||
| Wandsworth | 1,011 | 2,048 | 16.09 | ||
| Whole Borough | 6,107 | 26.02 | 12.69 | ||
The birth-rate was 26.02 per 1,000, compared with 25.65 in
1900, and with 25.92, the mean for the last ten years. This
birth-rate is the highest since 1893 when it was 27.07 per 1,000,
although at the last Census in 1891 this rate was 28.21.
As has been the case in previous years, there is a great
difference in the birth-rate for the several parishes, Tooting being
as usual the highest, viz.:30.6, and Putney the lowest, viz.:
22.11. Last year Streatham was the lowest, with a birth-rate
of 23.8.
The birth-rate for the County of London was, for the year
1901, 29 per 1,000, or 2.98 above the rate for this Borough.
The birth-rates in the different Boroughs of the Metropolis
vary very greatly, the lowest being the City of London with a
birth-rate of 13.7, and Westminster 17.8, to 37.7 in Finsbury.
The natural increase, or the excess of births over deaths,
was 12.69, the average for the previous ten years being 11.55.