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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1934.
population than any other London Borough, the next being
Islington with a total of 321,795 persons.
At the Census 1921, the total population was 328,307, and
of these 147,229 were males and 181,078 were females. At the
Census 1911, the population was 311,360, of whom 140,728 were
males and 170,632 were females.
The density of population in the Borough of Wandsworth at
the Census of 1931 was 38.8 persons per acre, while the figure
for the whole of London was 58.7. The greatest density was
151.7 in Southwark and the lowest in Woolwich with 17.7.
In the matter of room density the average for the whole
County was 0.98 persons per room and the figure varied from 0.70
to 1.45. The Boroughs showing the most favourable densities
were Hampstead (.70), Westminster (.76), Chelsea and Wandsworth
(.79 each), and Kensington (.80).
There is no particular occupation carried on this Borough
which affects public health.
Survey by the Minister of Health.
During the year a survey of the public health services of
the Council, by Medical Officers of the Ministry of Health, which
was commenced in 1933, has been completed. The Minister, after
considering the report of these Officers, intimated that a reasonable
standard of efficiency and progress was being maintained
by the Council in the discharge of their functions relating to Public
Health. He made suggestions on certain matters of detail connected
with particular services and these suggestions have received
the careful attention of the Council.