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Wandsworth 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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2 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Deaths of Infants under one year of age :—
Legitimate 208
Illegitimate 19
Total 287
Infantile mortality 57
Deaths from Tuberculosis
No. 294 Rate 86
Total deaths from Measles 71
Total deaths from Whooping Cough 28
Total deaths from Diarrhoea (under two years of age) 21
Population.
The population at the middle of the year was estimated to
be 341,234, and all the rates used in this Report are calculated on
this figure. The corresponding figure for the year 1923 was
337,823.
Table I. shows the population of each sub-district, based on
the above estimation, compared with the Census population.

TABLE I.

Sub-District.Census Population 1921Population estimated to middle of 1924
Clapham60,54062,393
Putney28,55830,982
Balham50,88853,042
Streatham52,60755,327
Tooting40,13539,945
Wandsworth95,57999,545
Whole Borough328,307341,234