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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GENERAL STATISTICS FOR THE BOROUGH.
Area | 9,199 acres |
Population in 1934 | 345,250 |
No. of inhabited houses in 1931 | 71,566 |
No. of families, or separate occupiers, in 1931 | 95,383 |
Rateable value in 1934 | £3,072,188 |
Estimated produce of a penny rate | £12,465 |
Extracts from Vital Statistics.
No. of Live Births :— | Males | Females | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 1877 | 1768 | 3645 |
Illegitimate | 54 | 92 | 146 |
Total | 1931 | 1860 | 3791 |
Deaths | 1842 | 2019 | 3861 |
Birth-rate | 1098 | ||
Death-rate—Crude | 11.18 | ||
Standardized | 10.39 | ||
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | |||
No. of Stillbirths 125 | 31.92 | ||
Deaths from puerperal sepsis | 4 | 1.02 | |
Deaths from other puerperal causes | 5 | 1.27 | |
Total | 9 | 2.29 |
Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births:—
All infants | 58 |
Legitimate infants | 54 |
Illegitimate infants | 150 |
Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 37 |
,, Whooping Cough (all ages) | 11 |
,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 38 |
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Deaths from Tuberculosis:—
No. | 276 | Rate | .79 |