Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Sub-District. | Births. | Rates. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-Rate. | Rate of natural increase. | |
Clapham | 590 | 616 | 1,206 | 19.50 | 8.28 |
Putney | 251 | 217 | 468 | 16.06 | 5.32 |
Streatham | 993 | 929 | 1,922 | 18.61 | 7.26 |
Tooting | 502 | 460 | 962 | 25.57 | 14.62 |
Wandsworth | 1,108 | 1,018 | 2,126 | 22.34 | 11.07 |
Whole Borough | 3,444 | 3,240 | 6,684 | 20.44 | 9.24 |
Table IV. shows the birth-rate in the Borough, in the five sub-districts, in London, and in England and Wales, for the year, as well as the rates for the previous 10 years, compared with the decennial average. The rates for the decennium have been recalculated on the increase of population as ascertained at the Census.
Year. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | London. | England and Wales. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1904 | 27.63 | 22.45 | 32.54 | 32.17 | 27.45 | 28.38 | 28.1 | |
1905 | 25.94 | 20.49 | 21.74 | 39.34 | 30.62 | 26.59 | 27.79 | 27.3 |
1906 | 24.99 | 19.22 | 20.92 | 41.78 | 31.20 | 26.47 | 27.57 | 27.2 |
1907 | 24.25 | 18.56 | 21.46 | 36.67 | 29.93 | 25.65 | 26.81 | 26.4 |
1908 | 24.39 | 20.49 | 21.66 | 38.51 | 29.25 | 25.54 | 27.14 | 26.8 |
1909 | 23.29 | 18.14 | 20.10 | 34.05 | 27.18 | 24.04 | 25.75 | 25.8 |
1910 | 21.61 | 17.94 | 20.46 | 31.18 | 26.38 | 23.21 | 25.39 | 25.05 |
1911 | 22.15 | 16.96 | 18.78 | 29.04 | 23.27 | 21.73 | 25.0 | 24.4 |
1912 | 20.62 | 17.08 | 18.88 | 27.12 | 24.07 | 21.53 | 24.7 | 23.8 |
'9'3 | 20.66 | 16.74 | 18.06 | 27.82 | 22.6l | 20.87 | 24.8 | 23.9 |
Average for 10 yrs. | 23.55 | 18.76 | 20.45 | 33.8O | 27.66 | 24.30 | 26.33 | 25.87 |
1914 | 19.50 | 16.06 | 18.61 | 25.57 | 22.34 | 20.44 | 24.3 | 23.8 |