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REPORT
of the Medical Officer of Health
for the Year 1924.
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 1924.
GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE
BOROUGH.
Area 9,199 acres
Population in 1924 341,234
No. of inhabited houses in 1921 62,540
No. of families, or separate occupiers, in 1921 80,526
Rateable value in 1924 £2,358,847
Estimated produce of a penny rate £9,625
Extracts from Vital Statistics.
Births
Males
Females
Total Births
Deaths :—
Total Deaths
2,592
2,382
4,974
3,767
Legitimate
Illegitimate
Birth-rate
Death-rate
4,796
178
14-57
11-03
No. of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth :—
From sepsis 9
From other causes 18
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