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PART 1
VITAL STATISTICS
Population
The civilian population at the middle of the year was estimated
by the Registrar-General to be 321,720.
Movement of Population
As in previous years, the work of the Health Department is
made more difficult by the continual movement of population
into and out of the Borough; much time and effort has to be spent
—and much of it wasted—in trying to trace children who are
known to need special attention. The records of children under
five years of age show that during the year over 3,100 arrived in
Wandsworth and over 3,600 moved out. In addition, nearly 2,000
children moved away without leaving any trace of their destinations
; but searching inquiries led to the tracing of over 600 of
them. Over 1,800 children changed their addresses inside the
Borough.
Area Comparability Factors
Each year, the Registrar-General provides area comparability
factors relating to births and deaths. These factors take into
account the extent to which the age and sex distribution of the
local population differs from that of England and Wales as a whole
and this enables valid comparisons to be made between the birth
and death rates in Wandsworth and those in other areas.
For the year 1968 the factor for births is 0.96 and for deaths
0.82.