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Wandsworth 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Wandsworth District.
| Years. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the Districts | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.1 | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1893 | 169,490 | 4,589 | 27.07 | 631 | 137 | 2,376 | 14.01 | 206 | 133 | 358 | 2,590 | 15.28 |
| 1894 | 175,595 | 4,418 | 25.18 | 496 | 112 | 2,155 | 12.27 | 339 | 303 | 369 | 2,214 | 12.60 |
| 1895 | 182,257 | 4,737 | 25.99 | 610 | 128 | 2,563 | 14.06 | 374 | 351 | 422 | 2,626 | 14.40 |
| 1896 | 189,178 | 4,833 | 25.54 | 691 | 142 | 2,736 | 14.46 | 484 | 458 | 495 | 2,703 | 14.31 |
| 1897 | 197,218 | 5,042 | 25.56 | 642 | 127 | 2,602 | 13.19 | 517 | 473 | 481 | 2,591 | 13.13 |
| 1898 | 205,596 | 5,096 | 24.78 | 724 | 142 | 2,855 | 13.88 | 451 | 404 | 445 | 2,884 | 14.02 |
| 1899 | 214,639 | 5,545 | 25.83 | 812 | 146 | 3,131 | 14.58 | 478 | 433 | 475 | 3,153 | 14.69 |
| 1900 | 224,325 | 5,754 | 25.65 | 825 | 143 | 3,142 | 14.00 | 463 | 453 | 511 | 3,203 | 14.27 |
| 1901 | 234,702 | 6,107 | 26.02 | 816 | 133 | 3,009 | 12.82 | 499 | 422 | 543 | 3,130 | 13.33 |
| 1902 | 245,800 | 6,440 | 25.78 | 808 | 126 | 3,209 | 12.84 | 565 | 463 | 582 | 3,328 | 13.31 |
| Averages for years 1893—1902. | 203,880 | 5,256 | 25.77 | 705 | 134 | 2,777 | 13.62 | 437 | 389 | 468 | 2,842 | 13.92 |
| 1903 | 256,292 | 6,722 | 26.22 | 743 | 110 | 3,007 | 11.69 | 602 | 472 | 538 | 3,073 | 11.99 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 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 subtraction 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 sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions
there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and have died in public
institutions elsewhere. The "Public institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually received
on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums.
Total population at all ages 232,034
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 9,126½ Number of inhabited houses 37,764 At Census of 1901.
Average number of persons per house 6.1