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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The rate for the whole Borough is the lowest yet recorded, being
.43 under the rate for the previous year, and 3 86 under the decennial
average.
Compared with 1913 the rate in the several sub-districts show
a decrease in all with the exception of Streatham, where there has
been an increase of .55 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
33.80 to 25.57 per 1,000.
The birth-rate for the whole of London was 24.3 per 1,000,
compared with 24.8 in 1913, and 26.33 the decennial average;
while for England and Wales the rate was 23.8 per 1,000, compared
with 23.9 in 1913, and 25.87 the decennial average.
119 births occurred in the Workhouse, and of these three
belonged to Clapham, nine to Putney, 16 to Streatham, nine to
Tooting, 27 to Wandsworth, 47 to Battersea, and eight to other
places.
Of these 119 births, 79 were illegitimate, two belonging to Clapham,
six to Putney, 12 to Streatham, seven to Tooting, 17 to
Wandsworth, 28 to Battersea, and seven to other places.
In the Borough, excluding the Workhouse, 209 illegitimate
births occurred, 26 in Clapham, 14 in Putney, 102 in Streatham,
29 in Tooting, and 38 in Wandsworth.
61 of the illegitimate births in Streatham occurred at a private
home in the sub-district.
Of the births registered outside the Borough 35, 25 of males
and 10 of females, were illegitimate.
The total number of illegitimate births was 288, 39 of which
belonged to Clapham, 23 to Putney, 123 to Streatham, 44 to Tooting,
and 59 to Wandsworth, compared with 283 in 1913, 223 in 1912,
and 180 in 1911.