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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.
The following is a special report which I made to the- Council
in November, 1918:—
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH ON
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
To the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Table: The necessity for preserving infant life is at present even more urgent than ever before, as will be seen from the Table which, follows, showing the births, birth-rate, and infant mortality in in the Borough for the last ten years.

The necessity for preserving infant life is at present even more urgent than ever before, as will be seen from the Table which, follows, showing the births, birth-rate, and infant mortality in in the Borough for the last ten years.

Year.No.' of Births.Birth-rate.Deaths of Infants.Infantile Mortality.
19087,33125.5472098
19096,98524.0460186
19106,96723.2154578
19116,69921.73823122
19126,75621.5351676
19136,83820.87605881
19146,68420.4458988
19156,38319.3559092
19166,24618. 4648878
19174,93614.7244089

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The average annual birth-rate in the Borough for the twenty
years—1888 to 1907—was 26.79, compared with 14.72 in 1917.
The following statement shows in detail the work which is
being carried on in the Borough, (I.) by the Borough Council, and.