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Wandsworth 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
number of deaths at the extremes of life from diseases of the
respiratory organs.
The four tables which follow are inserted by order of the Local
Government Board.
Table I. shows the births, birth-rate, deaths, and death-rate per
1,000 for the whole Borough for the year, and the ten preceding years;
the total deaths of children under one year of age is also given, and
the rate per 1,000 births registered.
Table II. shows the population, the number of births and deaths
registered, and the number of deaths under one year of age, for the
whole Borough, as well as for the various sub-districts. It also
shows these for each year since 1895, and is to a large extent a
complete history of the mortality of the Borough for the last ten
years.
Table III. shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified
during the year at all ages and at certain age periods in the Borough
and in the several sub-districts, and also shows the number of cases
removed from each sub-district to Hospital.
Table IV. is the general mortality Table for the whole Borough,
showing the number of deaths at all ages, arranged as to cause of
death. This also shows the total number of deaths in each subdistrict,
and the number of deaths in Public Institutions in the district,
both of residents and non-residents.