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Wandsworth 1927

[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 3,344, but 1,179 of these did not belong
to the Borough, while 1,618 Borough residents died outside
the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after
allowing for these factors, was 3,883, of whom 1,806 were males
and 2,017 females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 10.96, compared
with 10.37 in 1926.
The death-rate for the whole of London for 1927 was 11.9,
for England and Wales, 12.3, in the 107 County Boroughs and
great Towns 12.2, and in the 155 smaller Towns 11.3.
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.
Clapham34537672111.36
Putney19117236311.15
Balham31930462311.33
Streatham30339970211.62
Tooting2081763849.43
Wandsworth500590109010.67
Whole Borough18662017388310.96

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.