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Wandsworth 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Corrected for age and sex distribution the death-rate in 1904 was
13-60, compared with 12-87 in 1903, and 14 00 in 1902.

Table: In the several Metropolitan Boroughs the rates during the year were as follows, beginning with the lowest :—

In the several Metropolitan Boroughs the rates during the year were as follows, beginning with the lowest :—

1.Hampstead10.20
2.Lewisham1197
3-Wandsworth12.93
4-Stoke Newington13.28
5-Westminster13.51
6.Paddington13.72
7-Kensington14.27
8.Woolwich14. 28
9-Greenwich.14.87
10.Battersea14.48
11.Camberwell14.87
12.Hackney14.87
13-Islington15.37
14-Fulham15.38
15-Hammersmith15.67
16.Lambeth15.73
17.Deptford16.60
18.St. Marylebone16.17
19.Chelsea16. 48
20.City of London16.60
21.St. Pancras17 .38
22.Holborn18 .43
23-Poplar.I8 .S3
24.Bethnal Green19.06
25-Stepney19.34
26.Bermondsey19.95
27.South wark20.04
28.Shoreditch20.31
29.Finsbury21.29

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In the separate sub-districts of the Borough the death-rate^was
highest in Wandsworth—1479 per 1,000, and lowest in Streatham—
10*62. In 1903 the sub-districts occupied the same positions,[but in
1904 Wandsworth was higher by *87 per 1,000, while Streathamjwas
lower by *16 per 1,000,