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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 1918
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE X. Wandsworth District. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1918 and previous years. (Table I.)
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths: | Nett Deaths Belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1913 | 321,340 | 6,679 | 6,838 | 20.87 | 3,344 | 10.04 | 822 | 1,066 | 605 | 88 | 3,588 | 10.95 |
| 1914 | 326,945 | 6,690 | 6,684 | 20.44 | 3,332 | 10.02 | 824 | 1,155 | 589 | 88 | 3.664 | 11.20 |
| 1915 | 331.556 | 6,210 | 6,383 | 19.25 | 3,949 | 11.72 | 1,012 | 1,252 | 590 | 92 | 4,189 | 12.67 |
| 1916 | 310,858 | 6,044 | 6,246 | 18.46 | 3.567 | 11.47 | 1,076 | 1,180 | 488 | 78 | 3,671 | 11.80 |
| 1917 | 300,787 | 4,696 | 4,936 | 14.72 | 3,555 | 11.81 | 1,067 | 1,339 | 440 | 89 | 3.819 | 12.69 |
| 1918 | 292,408 | 4.453 | 4.685 | 14.29 | 4,202 | 14.37 | 1,306 | 1,482 | 417 | 89 | 4,407 | 15.07 |
Area of District in acres (exclusive of
area covered by water)
9,126
Total population at all ages 311,36c
Number of inhabited houses 48,435
Average number of persons per house 6.41
At Census of 1911.