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Wandsworth 1924

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

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Vital Statistics. 5
The corrected death-rate for the year was 11-03, compared
with 10-09 in 1923.
The death-rate for the whole of London for 1924 was 12-1,
for England and Wales 12-2, in the 105 County Boroughs and
great Towns 12-3, and in the 157 smaller Towns 11-2.
Table IV. shows the total number of corrected deaths and
the death-rates for each sub-district and for the whole Borough.

Table: TABLE IV.

TABLE IV.

Sub-Districts.Corrected Deaths.Corrected Death-rate.
Males.Females.Total.
Clapham32240772911-68
Putney18418637011-94
Balham32735668312-87
Streatham24532557010-30
Tooting1911933849-61
Wandsworth482549103110-35
Whole Borough17512016376711-03

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Table V. is the general mortality Table for the whole
Borough, and shows the corrected number of deaths from each
cause divided into sexes, age groups and sub-districts, together
with those occurring in Institutions.