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REPORT
of the Medical Officer of Health
for the Year 1926.
the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the
Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
Sir and Gentlemen,
1 have the honour to present my Annual Report on the
lealth and sanitary condition of the Borough for the year 1926.
GENERAL STATISTICS FOR THE
BOROUGH.
Area 9,199 acres
Population in 1926 348,034
No. of inhabited houses in 1021 62,540
No. of families, or separate occupiers, in 1921 80,520
Rateable value in 1926 £2,678,465
Estimated produce of a penny rate £10,900
PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL CHARACTER
OF THE BOROUGH.
The Registrar-General has estimated the population in 1926
as 342,100, which is higher than that of any of the other London
boroughs.
As regards area, Wandsworth is larger than any of the other
boroughs -the acreage being 9,199, compared with Woolwich,
which is 8,986 acres.
The population is a very varied one. Parts of the Borough
consist of high class residential districts, and there are several
large working and labouring districts.