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Wandsworth 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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4 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Wandsworth of 178. 31 of these belonged to Clapham, 11 to
Putney, 21 to Balham, 63 to Streatham, nine to Tooting, and 43 to
Wandsworth.
The percentage of illegitimate births to total births was 3.57.
The illegitimate births in nursing homes have again been
allocated to the home addresses of the mothers.
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 the number born dead.
TABLE III.
| Sub-District. | Total births registered. | Total No. of births notified. | Notified by : | No. born dead. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Attendant. | Parent | Midwife. | Other person. | ||||
| Clapham | 984 | 527 | 224 | 88 | 200 | 15 | 12 |
| Putney | 423 | 290 | 140 | 13 | 131 | 6 | 12 |
| Balham | 817 | 973 | 129 | 60 | 763 | 21 | 18 |
| Streatham | 715 | 615 | 245 | 137 | 170 | 63 | 19 |
| Tooting | 592 | 414 | 77 | 57 | 272 | 8 | 11 |
| Wandsworth | 1443 | 983 | 207 | 390 | 335 | 51 | 20 |
| Whole Borough | 4974 | 3802 | 1022 | 745 | 1871 | 164 | 92 |
Deaths.
The number of deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 3,255, but 844 of these did not belong to
the Borough, while 1,356 Borough residents died outside the
Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after
allowing for these factors, was 3,767, of whom 1,751 were males
and 2,016 females.