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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.
During the year 745 deaths occurred in Public Institutions
and 92 in other places not institutions in the Borough. Of these
837,656 deaths were of persons not belonging and 181 of persons
belonging to the Borough.
Table V. shows the total number of Institution deaths
arranged according to sub-districts and Institutions in which they
occurred, Table VI. the deaths of persons not belonging to the
Borough, and Table VII. of persons belonging thereto arranged
according to causes of death, sex and age, and Institution in
which the death occurred.
The following Table shows the percentage of illegitimate births to total births for each sub-district and for the whole Borough for the year, and for the three previous years.
| 1906. | 1907. | 1908 | 1909. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 3.0 | 3.58 | ||
| Putney | 2.8 | 3.42 | 3.41 | |
| Streatham | 2.24 | |||
| Tooting | 3.7 | |||
| Wandsworth | ||||
| Whole Borough | 2.41 |
Compared with the year 1908 there has been an increase of
14 in the deaths in Institutions, and an increase of five in other
places, or a total increase of 19.