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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.
Tooting, and 68 to Wandsworth. Of the 217 illegitimate births
that occurred in Streatham, 193 took place in a private home in
that sub-district. Only six of the mothers of these children were
residents of the Borough. 36 illegitimate births were also registered
outside the Borough, making a total of 404.
The percentage cf illegitimate births to total births was
8.6.
Notification of Births Act.
The following Table shows the number of births notified in each
sub-district and in the whole Borough, the persons by whom
notified and whether the children were born alive or dead.
TABLE III.
| Sub-District | Toal No. of births notified | Notified By: | Total births registered. | No. born dead. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Attendant | Parent. | Midwife. | Other person. | ||||
| Clapham | 744 | 241 | 214 | 205 | 84 | 845 | 17 |
| Putney | 340 | 99 | 83 | 136 | 22 | 369 | 7 |
| Streatham | 1,452 | 419 | 364 | 4,59 | 210 | 1,530 | 35 |
| Tooting | 607 | 88 | 155 | 332 | 32 | 611 | 17 |
| Wandsworth | 1,351 | 239 | 555 | 425 | 132 | 1,330 | 37 |
| Whole Borough | 4,494 | 1,086 | 1,371 | 1,557 | 480 | 4,635 | 113 |
The percentage of births notified, less still-births, to those
registered was 93-5.
Deaths.
During the 52 weeks ending the 28th December, 1918, 4,208
deaths, 2,011 of males and 2,197 females were registered, compared
with 3,555 in 1917.
Table IV. shows the total number of Institution deaths
arranged according to sub-districts and Institutions in which they
occurred, Table V. the deaths of persons not belonging to the
Borough, Table VI. the deaths of persons belonging thereto