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 |
Resident population in 1939 used for calculating birth-rates | 339,000 |
Average population, appropriate for calculating death-rates | 321,000 |
No. of inhabited houses | 78,500 |
Rateable value in 1939 | £3,464,571 |
Estimated produce of a penny rate | £14,000 |
No. of Live Births | Males | Females | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Legitimate | 1977 | 1871 | 3848 | |
Illegitimate | 113 | 105 | 218 | |
2090 | 1976 | 4066 | ||
No. of Stillbirths | 70 | 54 | 124 | |
Deaths | 1842 | 1932 | 3774 | |
Birth-rate | 11.99 | |||
Death-rate:—Crude | 11.75 | |||
Standardised | 10.92 | |||
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births | ||||
Deaths from puerperal sepsis | 2 | .47 | ||
Deaths from other puerperal causes | 9 | 2.14 | ||
Total | 11 | 2.62 |
Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births:—
All infants | 47 |
Legitimate infants | 44 |
Illegitimate infants | 96 |
Deaths from Cancer (all ages) | 575 |
„ Measles (all ages) | Nil |
„ Whooping Cough (all ages) | 12 |
„ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age) | 36 |