Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Vital Statistics
Table VIII. gives the comparative figures of infantile
mortality for the last ten years for the whole of the Borough,
and for each of the six sub-districts.
TABLE VIII.
Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole Borough. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1917 | 74 | 83 | 73 | 110 | 104 | 89 | |
1918 | 107 | 97 | 71 | 99 | 90 | 89 | |
1919 | 65 | 112 | 58 | 58 | 68 | 66 | |
1920 | 63 | 69 | 60 | 69 | 65 | 64 | |
1921 | 66 | 80 | 61 | 79 | 71 | 67 | |
1922 | 63 | 37 | 56 | 81 | 61 | 60 | |
1923 | 50 | 40 | 49 | 50 | 63 | 55 | 52 |
1924 | 46 | 56 | 58 | 55 | 62 | 63 | 57 |
1925 | 54 | 64 | 38 | 42 | 63 | 57 | 52 |
1926 | 65 | 71 | 65 | 52 | 81 | 72 | 64 |
Average for 10 years | 65 | 70 | 58 | 76 | 70 | 66 | |
1927 | 44 | 75 | 50 | 47 | 71 | 45 | 51 |
No. of deaths under 1 year, 1927 | 39 | 27 | 37 | 38 | 35 | 64 | 240 |