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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TABLE I.
Sub-District. | Census Population 1921 | Population estimated to middle of 1925 |
---|---|---|
Clapham | 60,540 | 62,672 |
Putney | 28,558 | 31,379 |
Balham | 50,888 | 53,444 |
Streatham | 52,607 | 56,294 |
Tooting | 40,135 | 40,235 |
Wandsworth | 95,579 | 100,346 |
Whole Borough | 328,307 | 344,370 |
Births.
The total number of births occurring in the Borough was
4,386, including 416 non-residents who were born in Institutions.
911 births of Borough residents occurred outside the Borough,
so that the corrected number of births was 4,881, compared with
4,974 in 1924.
In Table II. is shown the number of births, males and females,
the birth-rate, and the rate of natural increase, for each subdistrict,
and for the whole Borough.
TABLE II.
Sub-District. | No. of Births. | Rates. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-rate | Rate of natural increase. | |
Clapham | 494 | 425 | 919 | 14.66 | 4.09 |
Putney | 208 | 211 | 419 | 13.35 | |
Balham | 433 | 420 | 853 | 15.95 | 4.86 |
Streatham | 334 | 370 | 704 | 12.50 | 2.00 |
Tooting | 253 | 533 | 13.24 | 3.48 | |
Wandsworth | 728 | 725 | 1453 | 14.47 | 4.75 |
Whole Borough | 2477 | 2404 | 4881 | 14.17 | 3.85 |
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.