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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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 5
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after allowing
for these factors, was 3,408, of whom 1,585 were males and 1,823
females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 10.09, compared
with 11.24 in 1922.
The death-rate for the whole of London for 1923 was 11.2,
for England and Wales 11.6, in the 105 County Boroughs and
great Towns 11.6, and in the 157 smaller Towns 106.
Table IV. shows the total number of corrected deaths and the
death-rates for each sub-district and for the whole Borough.
TABLE IV.
Sub-Districts. | Corrected Deaths. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | Corrected Death-rate. | |
Clapham | 312 | 370 | 682 | 11.08 |
Putney | 121 | 153 | 274 | 8.93 |
Balham | 259 | 309 | 568 | 10.82 |
Streatham | 233 | 325 | 558 | 10.21 |
Tooting | 200 | 162 | 362 | 9.13 |
Wandsworth | 460 | 504 | 964 | 9.79 |
Whole Borough | 1585 | 1823 | 3408 | 10.09 |
Table V. is the general mortality Table for the whole Borough,
and shows the corrected number of deaths from each cause divided
into sexes, age groups and sub-districts,together with those occurring
in Institutions.