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5
Report of the Medical Officer of Health
The rate for the whole Borough is the lowest yet recorded,
being .20 under the rate for the previous year, and 4 00 under the
decennial average.
Compared with 1911 the rate in the several sub-districts show
a decrease in all with the exception of Wandsworth, where there has
been an increase of .90 per 1,000. Compared with the decennial
average there has been a decrease in all the sub-districts, and this
is exceptionally large in Tooting where the reduction has been from
35.69 to 27.12 per 1,000.
The birth-rate for the whole of London was 24.7 per 1,000,
compared with 25.0 in 1911, and 2717 the decennial average;
while for England and Wales the rate was 23.8 per 1,000, compared
with 24.40 in 1911, and 26.79 the decennial average.
151 births occurred in the Workhouse, and of these seven
belonged to Clapham, five to Putney, 19 to Streatham, 11 to Tooting,
37 to Wandsworth, 65 to Battersea, and seven to other places.
Of these 151 births 91 were illegitimate, six belonging to Clapham,
four to Putney, 12 to Streatham, seven to Tooting, 17 to
Wandsworth, 38 to Battersea, and seven to other places.
In the Borough, excluding the Workhouse, 116 illegitimate
births occurred, 29 in Clapham, seven in Putney, 23 in Streatham,
19 in Tooting, and 38 in Wandsworth.
Of the births registered outside the Borough, 61 were illegitimate.
The total number of illegitimate births was 223, 46 of which
belonged to Clapham, 16 to Putney, 48 to Streatham, 33 to Tooting,
and 70 to Wandsworth, compared with 180 in 1911, and 185 in 1910.
The percentage of illegitimate births to total births was 3.30
compared with 2.68 in 1911, and 2.65 in 1910, and 3.8 for the whole of
London for 1911.