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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE 6.
Table showing Vital Statistics for 1900 and previous 10 years.
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all | Deaths in Public Institutions. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages. | Total. | Ages. | Nett. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate. * | Number. | Rate per 10000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate. * | Number. | Rate. * | |||||
| 1. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1890 | 27,000 | 689 | 25.51 | 75 | 108.85 | 287 | 10.62 | No records for these years. | ||||
| 1891 | 26,000 | 711 | 27.3 | 76 | 106.89 | 334 | 12.8 | |||||
| 1892 | 26,000 | 738 | 28.3 | 90 | 114.94 | 333 | 12.8 | |||||
| 1893 | 28,000 | 780 | 27.8 | 107 | 137.17 | 363 | 12.9 | |||||
| 1894 | 30,000 | 794 | 26.4 | 81 | 102.01 | 310 | 10.3 | |||||
| 1895 | 31,000 | 857 | 27.6 | 102 | 119.01 | 377 | 12.1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 374 | 12.06 |
| 1896 | 33,000 | 875 | 26.51 | 96 | 109.71 | 343 | 10.3 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 365 | 11.06 |
| 1897 | 35,000 | 828 | 23.65 | 98 | 118.35 | 367 | 10.4 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 398 | 11.3 |
| I898 | 38,000 | 963 | 25.3 | 145 | 150.05 | 415 | 10.9 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 442 | 11.6 |
| 1899 | 42,000 | 1031 | 24.53 | 163 | 158.09 | 547 | 13.02 | 18 | 12 | 33 | 568 | 13.52 |
| Averages for years 1890-1899 | 31,700 | 826 | 26.05 | 103 | 124.69 | 367 | 11.59 | 10 | 5.6 | 25.2 | 429.4 | 13.54 |
| 1900 | 44,000 | 1075 | 24.43 | 156 | 145.11 | 559 | 127 | 18 | 13 | 24 | 570 | 12.95 |
* Rates calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
By the term "Non-residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of illness, and dying there ; and by the term 44 Residents " is
meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of illness, and have died elsewhere.
Area of District in Acres (exclusive of area covered by water)... 3,173
Total population at all ages (a». Census of 1891) 25,761
Number of inhabited houses (at Census of 1891) ... ... 4,514
Average number of persons per house ,, ... ... 5*6