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 Wimbledon]
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Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year (1926).
(Registrar General's figures).
Total. | M. | F. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births | Legitimate | 769 | 406 | 363 | Birth Rate (R.G.) | 13.9 |
Illegitimate | 38 | 18 | 20 | |||
Deaths | 579 | 268 | 311 | Death Rate (R.G.) | 9.9 | |
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth from sepsis | 1 | |||||
do. | do. | other causes | 2 | |||
Total | 3 | |||||
Death-rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births | 33 | |||||
Number of deaths of infants—legitimate | 26 | |||||
„ „ „ —illegitimate | 1 | |||||
27 | ||||||
Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 6 | |||||
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | — | |||||
„ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | - |
Vital Statistics for 1926 (Provisional Figures). Registrar-General's Returns.
Annual Rates per 1,000 living. | Infant Mortality of infants under 1 year per 1,000 Births. | ||
---|---|---|---|
Births. | Deaths from all Causes. | ||
England and Wales | 17.8 | 11.6 | 70 |
105 Great Towns | 18.2 | 11.6 | 73 |
157 Smaller Towns | 17.6 | 10.6 | 67 |
LONDON | 17.1 | 11.6 | 64 |
WIMBLEDON | 13.9 | 9.9 | 33 |