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Wandsworth 1925

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Deaths.
The number of deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 3,074, but 906 of these did not belong to
the Borough, while 1,389 Borough residents died outside the
Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after
allowing for these factors, was 3,557, of whom 1,644 were males
and 1,913 females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 10.32, compared
with 11.03 in 1924.
The death-rate for the whole of London for 1925 was 11.7,
for England and Wales, 12.2, in the 105 County Boroughs and
great Towns 12.2, 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 IV.

Sub-Districts.Corrected Deaths.Corrected Death-rate.
Males.Females.Total.
Clapham31434966310.57
Putney15218533710.73
Balham25334059311.09
Streatham26033559510.50
Tooting1892043939.76
Wandsworth4765009769.72
Whole Borough16441913355710.32

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.