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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VITAL STATISTICS 9
TABLE 1(a)
POPULATION IN AGE GROUPS AND SEXES FDR 1951 AND 1961
Age groups | Persons | Males | Females | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1951 | 1961 | Variation + or — | 1951 | 1961 | 1951 | 1961 | |
0-4 | 24,956 | 22,333 | —2,623 | 12,900 | 11,397 | 12,056 | 10,936 |
5-9 | 21,125 | 20,339 | —786 | 10,930 | 10,320 | 10,195 | 10,019 |
10-14 | 16,640 | 25,050 | +8,410 | 8,514 | 12,947 | 8,126 | 12,103 |
15-19 | 15,289 | 23,335 | +8,046 | 6,570 | 11,654 | 8,719 | 11,681 |
20-24 | 20,352 | 24,090 | +3,738 | 9,405 | 11,852 | 10,947 | 12,238 |
25-29 | 25,602 | 22,457 | —3,145 | 12,312 | 11,758 | 13,290 | 10,699 |
30-34 | 25,343 | 21,989 | —3,354 | 12,226 | 10,946 | 13,117 | 11,043 |
35-39 | 27,561 | 24,607 | —2,954 | 13,241 | 11,969 | 14,320 | 12,638 |
40-44 | 26,946 | 24,200 | —2,746 | 12,985 | 11,524 | 13,961 | 12,676 |
45-49 | 23,999 | 26,641 | +2,642 | 11,196 | 12,802 | 12,803 | 13,839 |
50-54 | 21,492 | 26,085 | +4,593 | 9,435 | 12,470 | 12,057 | 13,615 |
55-59 | 19,640 | 22,281 | +2,641 | 8,301 | 10,312 | 11,339 | 11,969 |
60-64 | 18,180 | 18,430 | +250 | 7,557 | 7,806 | 10,623 | 10,624 |
65-69 | 15,867 | 14,908 | —959 | 6,208 | 5,814 | 9,659 | 9,094 |
70-74 | 12,407 | 12,620 | +213 | 4,714 | 4,549 | 7,693 | 8,071 |
75-79 | 8,338 | 9,390 | +1,052 | 2,980 | 2,978 | 5,358 | 6,412 |
80-84 | 4,503 | 5,598 | +1,095 | 1,368 | 1,652 | 3,135 | 3,946 |
85-89 | 1,767 | 2,386 | +619 | 438 | 573 | 1,329 | 1,813 |
90-94 | 430 | 585 | +155 | 93 | 123 | 337 | 462 |
95 and up | 56 | 118 | +62 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 99 |
330,493 | 347,442 | +16,949 | 151,385 | 163,465 | 179,108 | 183,977 | |
Density of population —persons per acre | 36.3 | 38.1 |
Deaths
The number of registered deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 3,504 but 949 of these did not belong to the
Borough, while 1,970 Borough residents died outside the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after allowing
for these factors, was 4,525 of whom 2,127 were males and 2,398
females.
The crude death-rate for the year was 12.98 compared with 14.9
for 1963, but after taking into account the area comparability factor
supplied by the Registrar-General, the adjusted rate works out at
10.25. The death-rate for England and Wales as a whole was 11.3
and for London 11.7.
Table II shows the total number of registered deaths and the
death-rates for each division based on the approximate population
in each division.