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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
Wimbledon 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1907 and previous Years.
| YEAR. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Non-Residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per iooo Births Registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1897 | 35,000 | 828 | 23.6 | 98 | 118 | 367 | 10.4 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 398 | 11.3 |
| 1898 | 37,000 | 963 | 26.02 | 145 | 150 | 415 | 11.2 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 442 | 11.9 |
| 1899 | 38,000 | 1031 | 27.13 | 163 | 158 | 547 | 14.3 | 18 | 12 | 33 | 568 | 14.9 |
| 1900 | 39,500 | 1075 | 27.21 | 156 | 145 | 559 | 14.1 | 18 | 13 | 24 | 570 | 14.4 |
| 1901 | 41,631 | 1074 | 25.79 | 133 | 123 | 457 | 10.9 | 20 | 4 | 40 | 493 | 11.8 |
| 1902 | 43,000 | 1144 | 26.6 | 134 | 117 | 455 | 10.5 | 21 | 4 | 46 | 497 | 11.5 |
| 1903 | 46,000 | 1204 | 26.1 | 99 | 82 | 389 | 8.4 | 18 | 5 | 40 | 424 | 9.2 |
| 1904 | 47,719 | 1142 | 23.9 | 153 | 133 | 487 | 10.2 | 29 | 5 | 46 | 526 | 11.02 |
| 1905 | 48,240 | 1146 | 23.7 | 80 | 69 | 397 | 8.2 | 29 | 6 | 35 | 426 | 8.8 |
| 1906 | 49,860 | 1185 | 23.7 | 175 | 147 | 584 | 11.7 | 31 | 8 | 55 | 631 | 12.6 |
| Averages for years 1897-1906. | 42,595 | 1079 | 25.3 | 133 | 123 | 465 | 10.9 | 20 | 6 | 38 | 497 | 11.6 |
| 1907 | 51,700 | 1121 | 21.6 | 125 | 111 | 480 | 9.2 | 44 | 9 | 58 | 529 | 10.2 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public
institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness
or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 3,173
Tota population at all ages (at Census of 1901) 41,631 Number of inhabited houses (at Census of 1901) 7,572
Average number of persons per house ,, 5.49