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Wimbledon 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Births:—
The number of births registered in the district was 671
(344 males and 327 females), a decrease of 51 against last
year, and equal to a birth-rate of 11.5 on a population of
58,150. The corrected birth-rate produced by transferable
births notified to us by the Registrar-General, is 12.3. 29 (or
4.04 per cent.) of the births were illegitimate.
Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915.
During the year, 638 births were notified by the following
persons:—Parents, 65; Midwives, 428; Doctors, 64; other
persons, 81. Ten notifications of still-births were received.
Deaths:—
The total number of deaths registered in the district was
494 (231 males, 263 females), equal to a death rate of 8.4 per
thousand of the population (R.G.) per annum.
The deaths occurring outside the district, of persons belonging to this Borough, were 219, viz.:—
| Kingston and District General Hospital | 109 |
| Brookwood Asylum, Woking | 3 |
| Nelson Hospital, Merton | 22 |
| Others | 85 |
| Total | 219 |
The deaths occurring within the district, of persons not belonging thereto, were 93, viz.:—
| Atkinson Morley Hospital | 1 |
| Isolation Hospital | 1 |
| North Wimbledon Hospital | 16 |
| Others | 75 |
| Total | 93 |
Taking those into consideration, the total number of
deaths properly belonging to Wimbledon, is 620, and the
death rate 10.6. The rate for England and Wales for the
same period was 12.3.
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