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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.
Notification of Births Act.
The following Table shows the number of births notified in each
sub-district and in the whole Borough, the persons by whom
notified and whether the children were born alive or dead.
TABLE III.
| Sub-district. | Total No. of births notified. | Notified by : | Total births registered. | No. born dead. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Attendant | Parent. | Midwife. | Other person. | ||||
| Clapham | 830 | 301 | 244 | 195 | 90 | 957 | 15 |
| Putney | 321 | 108 | 72 | 126 | '5 | 347 | 6 |
| Streatham | 1,459 | 359 | 482 | 432 | 186 | 1,523 | 22 |
| Tooting | 648 | 99 | 171 | 354 | 24 | 662 | 16 |
| Wandsworth | 1,473 | 345 | 363 | 701 | 64 | 1,447 | 35 |
| Whole Borough | 4,731 | 1,212 | 1,332 | 1,808 | 379 | 4,936 | 94 |
The percentage of births notified, less still-births, to those
registered was 95 4.
Deaths.
During the 52 weeks ending the 29th December, 1917, 3,555
deaths, 1,696 of males and 1,859 of females were registered, compared
with 3,568 in 1916.
Table IV. shows the total number of Institution deaths
arranged according to sub-districts and Institutions in which they
occurred, Table V. the deaths of persons not belonging to the
Borough, Table VI. the deaths of persons belonging thereto
arranged according to causes of death, sex and age, and Institution
in which the death occurred, and Table VII., the number of deaths
in Institutions, etc., outside the Borough of persons belonging
thereto.