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Wandsworth 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The corrected number of deaths, after adding the deaths of
persons belonging to the Borough, and subtracting those of persons
dying in the Borough and not belonging thereto, was 3,819, 1,807
of males, and 2,012 of females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 12.69 compared
with 11.80 in 1916.
The death-rate for the whole of London for the year was 15.0
per 1,000, compared with 14.3 in 1916.
Table VIII. 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.
TABLE VIII.
| Sub-Districts. | Corrected Deaths. | Uncorrected Deaths. | Corrected Death-rate. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Clapham | 348 | 375 | 723 | 258 | 326 | 584 | 12.77 |
| Putney | 153 | 179 | 332 | 118 | 141 | 259 | 12.16 |
| Streatham | 558 | 657 | 1,215 | 378 | 475 | 853 | 13.07 |
| Tooting | 202 | 217 | 419 | 409 | 386 | 795 | 12.06 |
| Wandsworth | 546 | 584 | 1,130 | 533 | 531 | 1,064 | 12.69 |
| Whole Borough | 1,807 | 2,012 | 1,819 | 1,696 | 1,859 | 3.555 | 12.69 |
The death-rate in England and Wales in 1917 was 14.4 per
1,000 ; in the 96 great Towns 14.6 ; ana in the 148 smaller Towns
13.2.
The rates in all the sub-districts were higher than in 1916.
Table IX. is the general mortality Table for the whole district,
corrected for internal and external Institutions, and also includes
all deaths of Borough residents occurring in other places in London,
and in England and Wales during the year. Table X. gives certain
vital statistics for the whole Borough for the year, and the
previous five years; and Table XI. shows the cases of infectious
disease notified during the year.