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Wandsworth 1935
[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 | 392 | 344 | 736 | 12.42 | + .86 |
| Putney | 100 | 162 | 322 | 9.53 | —2.07 |
| Balham | 330 | 275 | 605 | 11.13 | — .07 |
| Streatham | 301 | 313 | 614 | 9.22 | —2.72 |
| Tooting | 200 | 174 | 380 | 10.23 | + .16 |
| Wandsworth | 590 | 542 | 1,132 | 12.01 | + 1.16 |
| Whole Borough | 1,979 | 1,810 | 3,789 | 11.03 | + .03 |
The birth-rate was 11.03 per 1,000, compared with 10.98
for 1934, and 12.66 the decennial average.
The rate for the whole of London during 1935 was 13.3 and
for England and Wales, 14.7.
119 illegitimate births took place in the Borough, but only
51 belonged to the Borough. On the other hand 123 illegitimate
births belonging to Wandsworth occurred outside the Bcrough,
making a corrected total of illegitimate births belonging to
Wandsworth of 174. 35 of these belonged to Clapham, 24 to
Putney, 33 to Balham, 28 to Streatham, 24 to Tooting, and 30
to Wandsworth.
The percentage of illegitimate births to total births was
4.5.
The illegitimate births occuring in nursing homes have again
been allocated to the home addresses of the mothers.
Notification of Births Act.
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.