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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
Wandsworth 1916
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The corrected number of deaths, after adding the deaths of
persons belonging to the Borough, and subtracting those of persons
dying in the Borough and not belonging thereto, was 3,671, 1,774
of males, and 1,897 of females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 11.8o compared
with 12.63 in 1915.
The death-rate for the whole of London for the year was 14.3
per 1,000, compared with 16.1 in 1915.
Table VIII. shows the total number of deaths and the deathrates
for each sub-district and for the whole Borough, corrected
and uncorrected for deaths in Public Institutions.
| Sub-Districts. | Corrected Deaths. | Uncorrected Deaths. | Corrected Death-rate. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Clapham | 352 | 359 | 711 | 261 | 327 | 588 | 12.15 |
| Putney | 1 71 | 158 | 329 | 144 | 118 | 262 | 11.66 |
| Streatham | 502 | 630 | 1,132 | 344 | 453 | 797 | 11.78 |
| Tooting | 205 | 199 | 404 | 460 | 448 | 908 | 11.24 |
| Wandsworth | 544 | 551 | 1,095 | 536 | 476 | 1,012 | 11.87 |
| Whole Borough | 1.774 | 1,897 | 3.671 | 1,745 | 1,822 | 3,567 | 11.80 |
The death-rate in England and Wales in 1916 was 14.0 per
1,000; in the 96 great Towns 14.4; and in the 148 smaller Towns
13.0.
The rates in all the sub-districts were lower than in 1915.
Table IX. is the general mortality Table for the whole district,
corrected for internal and external Institutions, and also includes
all deaths of Borough residents occurring in other places in London,
and in England and Wales during the year. Table X. gives certain
vital statistics for the whole Borough for the year, and the
previous five years; and Table XI. shows the cases of infectious
disease notified during the year.