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Wandsworth 1909

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
7
TABLE II.
Sub-District.
Census Population,
1901.
Estimated Population, 1909.
Corrected.
Uncorrected.
Clapham
51,361
69,050
68,750
Putney
24,139
31,490
31,590
Streatham
71,658
107,220
107,720
Tooting
16,473
32,070
34,170
Wandsworth
68,403
99,270
102,670
Whole Borough
232,034
339,100
344,900
The estimated uncorrected population was, in 1908, 335,500,
and in 1909, 344,900, an increase of 9,400, while the corrected
population was, in 1908, 329,700, and in 1909, 339,100.
Compared with 1908, the greatest increase in population
occurred in Streatham, next in Wandsworth, and the smallest in
Clapham.
The corrected population in Table II. is used to calculate the
rates in this Report.
The difference between the corrected and uncorrected population
is made up by the population in the Public Institutions of the
Borough, which are as follows
Clapham:—Hostel of God.
Putney:—The Priory, Roehampton.
Streatham:— St. Anne's Home. (St. Pancras parish.)
Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum (part
of).