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REPORT
of the Medical Officer of Health
for the Year 1923.
To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Sir. Madam and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report on the health
and sanitary condition of the Borough for the year 1923.
GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE
BOROUGH.
Area 9,199 acres
Population in 1923 337,823
No. of inhabited houses in 1921 62,540
No. of families, or separate occupiers, in 1921 80,526
Rateable value in 1923 £2,306,716
Estimated produce of a penny rate £9,500
Extracts from Vital Statistics.
Births :—
Males 2,781 Legitimate 5,254
Females 2,694 Illegitimate 221
Total Births 5,475 Birth-rate 16.20
Total Deaths 3,409 Death-rate 10.09
No. of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—
From sepsis 8
From other causes 6