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Wimbledon 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Wimbledon Urban District. TABLE 1.
Vital Statistics for Whole District during 1903 and previous Years.
| YEAR. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2 | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. 9 | Deaths of Non-Residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10 | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. 11 | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. 3 | Rate.* 4 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. 12 | Rate. * 13 | |||||||||||
| Number. 5 | Rate per iooo Births .Registered. 6 | Number. 7 | Rate.* 8 | |||||||||
| 1893 | 28,000 | 780 | 27-8 | 107 | 13717 | 363 | 12-9 | \ No records for these years. | ||||
| 1894 | 30,000 | 794 | 26-4 | 81 | 102 01 | 310 | 10-3 | |||||
| 1895 | 31,000 | 857 | 27-6 | 102 | 119 01 | 377 | 121 | 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 |
| 1898 | 37,000 | 963 | 2602 | 145 | 150-57 | 415 | 11-2 | 11 | 5 | 32 | 442 | 11-9 |
| 1899 | 38,000 | 1031 | 27-13 | 163 | 158'09 | 547 | 14-3 | 18 | 12 | 33 | 568 | 14-9 |
| 1900 | 39,500 | 1075 | 27-21 | 156 | 145-11 | 559 | 14 1 | 18 | 13 | 24 | r.70 | 14-4 |
| 1901 | 41,631 | 1074 | 25-79 | 133 | 123-85 | 457 | 10-9 | 20 | 4 | 40 | 493 | 11-8 |
| 1902 | 43,000 | 1144 | 26-6 | 134 | 117 13 | 455 | 10-5 | 21 | 4 | 46 | 497 | 11-5 |
| Averages for years 1893-1902. | 35,613 | 942 | 26-45 | 121 | 128-45 | 419 | 11-7 | 13 | 6 | 29 | 463 | 13 |
| 1903 | 46,000 | 1204 | 26-1 | 99 | 82-22 | 389 8-4 | 18 | 5 | 40 | 424 | 9-2 | |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
By the term "Non-residents1' 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 I Number of inhabited houses (at Census of 1901) 7,572
Total population at all ages (at Census of 1901) 41,631 | Average number of persons per house ,, 5-49