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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Summary of Vital Statistics, 1905.
Estimated Population, 1905 285,910
population, 1901 232,034
Population under 10, 1901 46,977
Recorded Death-Rate, 1905 11.12
Corrected „ „ 11.61
Birth-Rate 24.11
Deaths under One Year Per 1,000 Births 118
Diarrhœa Mortality per 1,000, All Ages 48
Diarrhcea Death-Rate Per 1,000 Births 17.41
Enteritis Mortality Per 1,000 Births 7.68
Small-pox—Deaths
Rate Per 1,000
Measles—Deaths 89
Rate Per 1,000 31
Scarlet Fever—Deaths 28
Rate Per 1,000 09
Diphtheria—Deaths 31
Rate Per 1,000 10
Enteric Fever—Deaths 11
Rate Per 1,000 . 04
Whooping Cough—Deaths 75
Rate Per 1,000 26
Tubercular Phthisis—Deaths 266
Rate Per 1,ooo 93