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Wandsworth 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Vital Statistics.
TABLE II.
| Sub-District. | No. of Births. | Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-rate. | Natural increase or decrease. | |
| Clapham | 359 | 413 | 772 | 12.95 | +1.09 |
| Putney | 182 | 148 | 330 | 9.72 | —1.17 |
| Balham | 314 | 277 | 591 | 11.21 | —1.52 |
| Streatham | 313 | 310 | 623 | 9.31 | —2.0 |
| Tooting | 196 | 207 | 403 | 10.71 | + .32 |
| Wandsworth | 565 | 507 | 1,072 | 11.31 | +1.11 |
| Whole Borough | 1,931 | 1,860 | 3,791 | 10.98 | — .20 |
The birth-rate was 10.98 per 1,000, compared with 10.93
for 1933, and 13.02 the decennial average.
The rate for the whole of London during 1934 was 13.2 and
for England and Wales, 14.8.
121 illegitimate births took place in the Borough, but only
50 belonged to the Borough. On the other hand 96 illegitimate
births belonging to Wandsworth occurred outside the Borough,
making a corrected total of illegitimate births belonging to
Wandsworth of 146. 28 of these belonged to Clapham, 14 to
Putney, 33 to Balham, 25 to Streatham, 17 to Tooting, and 28
to Wandsworth.
The percentage of illegitimate births to total births was
3.8.
The illegitimate births in nursing homes have again been
allocated to the home addresses of the mothers.
Notification of Births Acts.
The following Table shows the number of births notified in
each sub-district and in the whole Borough, the persons by
whom notified, and the number born dead.