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14 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The rate for the whole Borough is the lowest yet recorded, being
.66 under the rate for the previous year, and 4.11 under the decennial
average.
Compared with 1912 the rate in the several sub-districts show
a decrease in all with the exception of Clapham and Tooting, where
there has been an increase of .04 and .70 per 1,000. Compared with
the decennial average there has been a decrease in all the subdistricts,
and this is exceptionally large in Tooting where the
reduction has been from 34.97 to 27.82 per 1,000.
The birth-rate for the whole of London was 24.8 per 1,000,
compared with 247 in 1912, and 2672 the decennial average ;
while for England and Wales the rate was 23.9 per 1,000, compared
with 23.80 in 1912, and 26.32 the decennial average.
124 births occurred in the Workhouse, and of these five
belonged to Clapham, 10 to Putney, 24 to Streatham, 12 to Tooting,
25 to Wandsworth, 33 to Battersea, and 15 to other places.
Of these 124 births, 92 were illegitimate, four belonging to Clapham,
nine to Putney, 23 to Streatham, seven to Tooting, 13 to
Wandsworth, 21 to Battersea, and 15 to other places.
In the Borough, excluding the Workhouse, 162 illegitimate
births occurred, 21 in Clapham, 11 in Putney, 50 in Streatham,
29 in Tooting, and 51 in Wandsworth.
Of the births registered outside the Borough, 65, 36 of males
and 29 of females, were illegitimate.
The total number of illegitimate births was 283, 41 of which
belonged to Clapham, 27 to Putney, 85 to Streatham, 43 to Tooting,
and 87 to Wandsworth, compared with 223 in 1912, 180 in 1911, and
185 in 1910.
The percentage of illegitimate births to total births was 4.13,
compared with 3.30 in 1912, 2.68 in 1911, and 2.65 in 1910, and
3.8 for the whole of London for 1911.