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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XI.
Wandswoth District. Vital Statistics of whole District during 1909 and previous years. (Table 1.)
Years.
Population
estimated
to Middle of
each Year.
Births.
Total Deaths Registered in the District.
Total
Deaths in
Public Institutions
in the
District.
Deaths
of Nonresidents
registered
in Public
Institutions
in the
District.
Deaths of
Residents
registered
in Public
Institutions
beyond the
District.
Nett Deaths at all
Ages belonging to
the District.
Under i Year of age.
At all ages.
Number. |
Rate*
Number.
Rate per
1,000
Births
registered.
Number.
Rate.*
Number.
Rate*
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
1899
214,639
5,545
25.83
812
146
3.131
14.58
478
433
475
3.153
14.69
1900
224,325
5,754
25.65
825
143
3.142
14.00
463
453
511
3,203
14.27
1901
234,702
6,107
26.02
816
133
3,009
12.82
499
422
543
3.130
13.33
1902
245,800
6,440
25.78
808
126
3,209
12.84
565
463
582
3,328
13.31
1903
256,292
6,722
26.22
743
110
3,007
11.69
602
472
538
3,o73
11.99
1904
269.583
6,927
25.69
857
123
3.296
12.22
669
553
674
3,417
12.67
1905
291,420
6,892
23.65
818
118
3.241
11.12
729
610
689
3,320
11.39
1906
316,000
7,057
22.33
874
124
3,341
10.57
771
611
731
3,461
10.95
1907
325,850
7,036
21.97
715
101
3,337
10.24
807
660
739
3,416
10.48
1908
335,500
7,331
20.85
720
98
3,230
9.63
818
633
783
3,380
10.07
Averages for
years
1899 - 1908
271.411
6,581
24.24
798
122
3,194
11.76
640
53.
626
3,288
12.21
1909
344,9oo
6,985
20.25
601
86
3,279
9.50
837
l8l
897
3,520
10.38
*Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note. The deaths to be included in Column 7 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually occurred within the
district or division. The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and
the addition of the number in Column 11. By the term 41 Non-residents " is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and
dying in public institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or
infirmity and have died in public institutions elsewhere. The " Public institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of these tables are those
into which persons are habitually received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses and lunatic asylums.
Total population at all ages 232,034
Area of district in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 9,126.}. Number of inhabited houses 37,764 At Census of 1901.
Average number of persons per house 6.i