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RE PORT
of the Medical Officer of Health
for the Year 1911.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Sir and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present the Annual Report on the health
and sanitary condition of the Borough for the year 1911.
Population.
From a return which has been furnished by the Registrar
General it is possible to give the exact population enumerated at
the Census taken on the 2nd April, 1911.
From 1905 to 1910 the population has been, for the purpose
of this Report, estimated by dividing the number of inhabitants
at the Census of 1901 by the number of rated hereditaments in that
year, and then multiplying the number of rated hereditaments in
the middle of each year by the factor thus obtained. This method
has given fallacious results, due to the fact that there has been a
great decrease in the number of persons per rated hereditament
as compared with 1901.