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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Area | 9,199 acres | |
Population in 1938 | 340,100 | |
No. of inhabited houses in 1938 | 81,906 | |
No. of families, or separate occupiers, in 1931 | 95,383 | |
Rateable value in 1938 | £3,412,175 | |
Estimated produce of a penny rate | £13,778 | |
No. of Live Births Males | Females | Total |
Legitimate 1991 | 1836 | 3827 |
Illegitimate 127 | 102 | 229 |
Total 2118 | 1938 | 4056 |
Deaths 1819 | 1983 | 3802 |
Birth-rate | 11.92 | |
Death-rate—Crude | 11.17 | |
Standardised | 10.38 | |
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. | ||
No. of Stillbirths 122 | 29.10 | |
Deaths from puerperal sepsis 2 | .47 | |
Deaths from other puerperal causes 11 | 2.63 | |
Total 13 | 3.11 | |
Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births:— | ||
All infants | 46 | |
Legitimate infants | 45 | |
Illegitimate infants | 65 | |
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 604 | |
„ Measles (all ages) | 13 | |
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 3 | |
„ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | 46 | |
Deaths from Tuberculosis:— | ||
No, 229 Rate | .67 |