London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
calculated on the uncorrected population as given in Table II. of the
Local Government Board's Tables and therefore the figures for the
years in question do not quite agree with those given in the other
Tables of this Report.
| Year. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | London. | England and Wales. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 | 25.36 | 23.45 | 23.03 | 27.92 | 29.91 | 25.99 | 30.6 | 30.2. |
| 1896 | 24.25 | 22.57 | 23.17 | 24.96 | 29.94 | 25.54 | 30.2 | 29.6 |
| 1897 | 24.19 | 23.82 | 22.85 | 24.01 | 30.10 | 25.56 | 30.1 | 29.5 |
| 1898 | 22.52 | 25.38 | 22.08 | 24.11 | 29.12 | 24.78 | 29.7 | 29.3 |
| 1899 | 25.45 | 23.79 | 22.75 | 29.60 | 29.22 | 25.83 | 29.7 | 29.1 |
| 1900 | 25.22 | 23.42 | 22.48 | 32.77 | 28. 46 | 25.65 | 29.1 | 28.7 |
| 1901 | 25.33 | 22.10 | 22.42 | 34.09 | 29.69 | 26. 02 | 29.0 | 28.5 |
| 1902 | 24.63 | 22.24 | 22.68 | 32.04 | 30.90 | 25.78 | 28.5 | 28.6 |
| I903 | 26.87 | 22.22 | 21.47 | 33.19 | 30.16 | 26.22 | 28.4 | 28.4 |
| 1904 | 27.25 | 20.98 | 21.13 | 27.39 | 30.64 | 25.69 | 27.8 | 27.9 |
| Aver | ||||||||
| age for | 25.10 | 22.99 | 22.40 | 29.00 | 29.81 | 25.70 | 29.3 | 28.9 |
| 10 yrs. | ||||||||
| 1905 | 22.09 | 18.73 | 19.95 | 35.52 | 26.76 | 23.64 | 27.0 | 27.2 |
The birth-rate in Table I. of the Local Government Board's
Tables is calculated from the uncorrected population and is lower
than the rate calculated from the corrected population.
The birth-rate for London was 27.02 per 1,000, compared with
27.81 in 1904 and 28.37 in 1903, and for England and Wales 27.2 per
1,000, compared with 27.9 in 1904 and 28.36 in 1903.
The rate for the year is the lowest yet recorded, and is 2.06
under the decennial average.