Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 12*25, compared
with 10.34 in 1910 12.11 in 1909, 11.97 in 1908 and 12.09 in 1907and
12.55 the rate for the 10 years 1901-1910.
The following Table shows the death-rates in Wandsworth
and London in successive decennial periods.
TABLE XIII.
Period.
Wandsworth.
London.
1841-1850
—
24.8
1851-1860
19.37
23.7
1861-1S70
17.31
24.4
1S71-1SS0
16.41
22.5
1881-1890
14.64
20.3
1891-1900
14.37
19.2
1901-1910
2.55
15.66
Table XIV. shows the total number of deaths and the deathrates
for each sub-district and for the whole Borough, corrected
and uncorrected for deaths in Public Institutions.
The death-rate for the whole of London for the year was
15.8 per 1,000, compared with 13.65 in 1910, 14.94 in 1909,
14.87 in 1908, and 15.66 the decennial average.