London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wimbledon 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
This page requires JavaScript
Wimbledon Urban District.
Vital Statistics for Whole District during 1904 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 ol Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births Registered. | N umber. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 I | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1894 | 30,000 | 794 | 26.4 | 81 | 102.01 | 310 | 10.3 | No record for this year. | ||||
| 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 |
| 1898 | 37,000 | 963 | 26.02 | 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 | 570 | 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 |
| 1903 | 46,000 | 1204 | 26.1 | 99 | 82.22 | 389 | 8.4 | 18 | 5 | 40 | 424 | 9.2 |
| Averages for years 1894-1903. | 37,413 | 984 | 26.3 | 120 | 121.95 | 421 | 11.2 | 14 | 6 | 30 | 459 | 12.2 |
| 1904 | 47,719 | 1142 | 23.9 | 153 | 133.9 | 487 | 10.2 | 29 | 5 | 46 | 526 | 11.02 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1000 ot 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
Total 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