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Wandsworth 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Summary of Vital Statistics, 1906.
| Estimated population | 310,310 |
| Population, 1901 | 232,034 |
| Population under 10, 1901 | 46,977 |
| Recorded death-rate | 10.57 |
| Corrected death-rate | 11.15 |
| Birth-rate | 22.74 |
| Deaths under one year per 1,000 births | 124 |
| Diarrhcea.—Mortality per 1,000 all ages | .70 |
| Diarrhoea.—Death-rate per 1,000 births | 27.20 |
| Enteritis.—Mortality per 1,000 births | 10.29 |
| Small-Pox.—Deaths | — |
| Kate per 1,000 | — |
| Measles.—Deaths | 65 |
| Rate per 1,000 | .21 |
| Scarlet F'ever.—Deaths | 19 |
| Rate per 1,000 | .06 |
| Diphtheria.—Deaths | 50 |
| Rate per 1,000 | .16 |
| Enteric Fever.—Deaths | 15 |
| Rate per 1,000 | .048 |
| Whooping Cough.—Deaths | 55 |
| Rate per 1,000 | .17 |
| Tubercular Phthisis.—Deaths | 267 |
| Rate per 1,000 | .86 |