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Wandsworth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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9
GENERAL STATISTICS FOR THE
BOROUGH.
Area 9,199 acres
Population in 1937 341,700
No. of inhabited houses in 1937 80,163
No. of families, or separate occupiers, in 1931 95,383
Rateable value in 1937 £3,328,452
Estimated produce of a penny rate £13,465
| No. of Live Births | Males | Females | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legitimate | 1927 | 1812 | 3739 | |
| Illegitimate | 92 | 109 | 201 | |
| Total | 2019 | 1921 | 3940 | |
| Deaths | 2045 | 2181 | 4226 | |
| Birth-rate | 11.53 | |||
| Death-rate—Crude | 12.36 | |||
| Standardised | 11.49 | |||
| Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||||
| No. of Stillbirths | 141 | 34.55 | ||
| Deaths from puerperal sepsis | 3 | .73 | ||
| Deaths from other puerperal causes | 10 | 2.45 | ||
| Total | 13 | 3.18 | ||
| Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births :— | ||||
| All infants | 62 | |||
| Legitimate infants | 59 | |||
| Illegitimate infants | 114 | |||
| Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 584 | |||
| „ Measles (all ages) | 2 | |||
| „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 23 | |||
| „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 43 | |||
| Deaths from Tuberculosis :— | ||||
| No. | 225 | Rate | .65 | |