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Wandsworth 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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12 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1937.
| Sub-District. | No. of Births. | Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-rate. | Natural increase or decrease. | |
| Clapham | 404 | 380 | 784 | 13.30 | + .73 |
| Putney | 190 | 168 | 358 | 10.65 | —2.50 |
| Balham | 322 | 279 | 601 | 11.51 | —1.23 |
| Streatham | 331 | 337 | 668 | 10.08 | —2.65 |
| Tooting | 195 | 210 | 405 | 10.96 | — .37 |
| Wandsworth | 577 | 547 | 1,124 | 11.98 | + .09 |
| Whole Borough | 2,019 | 1,921 | 3,940 | 11.53 | —.83 |
The birth-rate was 11.53 per 1,000, compared with 11.46
for 1936, and 12.08 the decennial average.
The rate for the whole of London during 1937 was 13.3 and
for England and Wales, 14.9.
105 illegitimate births took place in the Borough, but only
47 belonged to the Borough. On the other hand 154 illegitimate
births belonging to Wandsworth occurred outside the Borough,
making a corrected total of illegitimate births belonging to
Wandsworth of 201, 43 of these belonged to Clapham, 27 to
Putney, 37 to Balham, 40 to Streatham, 17 to Tooting, and 37
to Wandsworth.
The percentage of illegitimate births to total births was 51.
The illegitimate births occuring in nursing homes have again
been allocated to the home addresses of the mothers.
Notification of Births Act.
Notifications of birth were received in respect of 2,101, or
91 per cent. of the 2,293 children who were born in the Borough
during the year.
1,550 of these notifications were transmitted by midwives,
412 by medical attendants, 64 by parents, and 75 by other persons.