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Wandsworth 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Vital Statistics.
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The following is a list of the Institutions, etc., outside the Borough in which deaths of Borough residents occurred:—
| Name of Institution. | No. of Deaths | Name of Institution. | No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Law Hospitals and | Other Hospitals— contd. | ||
| Infirmaries :— | St. George's Hospital | 6 | |
| Wandsworth Union Infirmaries | 852 | St. Luke's Hospital | 9 |
| St. Thomas's Hospital | 53 | ||
| Banstead Mental Hospital | 7 | South- Western Hospital | 8 |
| Cane Hill Mental Hospital | 12 | University College Hospital | 7 |
| Horton Mental Hospital | 14 | Victoria Hospital | 11 |
| Long Grove Mental Hospital | 14 | West London Hospital | 9 |
| West Park Mental Hospital | 19 | Western Hospital | 6 |
| Other Mental Institutions | 13 | Westminster Hospital | 14 |
| Other Poor Law Institutions | 24 | ||
| Other Institutions, etc. :— | |||
| Other Hospitals :— | Other Institutions | 90 | |
| Belgrave Hospital | 18 | Other Places not Public In stitutions | 73 |
| Bolingbroke Hospital | 15 | ||
| Brompton Hospital | 11 | On Railway | 2 |
| Cancer Hospital | 7 | On Street | 22 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 13 | River Thames | 7 |
| Colindale Hospital | 7 | Private Nursing Homes | 57 |
| Grove Park Hospital | 7 | 1483 | |
| Guy's Hospital | 19 | ||
| Infants' Hospital | 8 | Institutions, etc., inside the Borough | 216 |
| King's College Hospital | 22 | ||
| Middlesex Hospital | 12 | 1699 | |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 6 | ||
| St. Columba's Hospital | 9 | ||
Infantile Mortality.
The total number of deaths under one year was 315:— 51 in
Clapham, 18 in Putney, 54 in Balham, 41 in Streatham, 49 in
Tooting, and 102 in Wandsworth. As the number of births was
4,915, the Infantile Mortality rate was 64 per 1,000 births, compared
with 52 last year. The increase in the rate is due to the
increase in the number of deaths from Measles and diseases of
early infancy.
The number of deaths among legitimate infants was 297 to
4,719 births—a mortality of 62 per 1,000 births, while the number
of deaths among illegitimate infants was 18 to 196 births— a
mortality of 91 per 1,000 births.