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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS
II
Deaths
The number of registered deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 3,682 but 350 of these did not belong to the
Borough, while 1,873 Borough residents died outside the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after allowing
for these factors, was 5,205 of whom 2,378 were males and 2,827
females.
The crude death-rate for the year was 15.47, compared with
14.63 for 1954, but after taking into account the area comparability
factor supplied by the Registrar General, the adjusted rate works
out at 13.30.
Table II shows the total number of registered deaths and the death-rates for each division based on the approximate population in each division.
TABLE II