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Wandsworth 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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10 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 3,754, of
whom 1,783 were males, and 1,971 were females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 11.24 compared
with 10.83 in 1921.
The death-rate for the whole of London for the year was 13.4
per 1,000, compared with 12.4 in 1921.
Table IX. 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 IX.
| Sub-Districts. | Corrected Deaths. | Uncorrected Deaths. | Corrected Death rate. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Clapham | 357 | 382 | 739 | 230 | 346 | 576 | 11.99 |
| Putney | 158 | 200 | 358 | 124 | 158 | 282 | 12.13 |
| Streatham | 555 | 650 | 1,205 | 362 | 488 | 850 | 11.33 |
| Tooting | 193 | 196 | 389 | 383 | 427 | 810 | 9.93 |
| Wandsworth | 520 | 543 | 1,063 | 359 | 442 | 801 | 10.92 |
| Whole Borough | 1,783 | 1,971 | 3,754 | 1,458 | 1,861 | 3,319 | 11.24 |
The death-rate in England and Wales in 1922 was 12.9 per
1,000; in the 105 County Boroughs and great Towns 13.0; and
in the 155 smaller Towns 11.7.
The rates in all the sub-districts, except Tooting, were slightly
higher than in 1921.