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Wandsworth 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1936.
TABLE II.
| Sub.District. | No. of Births. | Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth.rate. | Natural increase or decrease. | |
| Clapham | 356 | 393 | 749 | 12.65 | +.37 |
| Putney | 199 | 161 | 360 | 10.67 | —2.60 |
| Balham | 313 | 284 | 597 | 11.39 | —2.06 |
| Streatham | 352 | 320 | 672 | 10.10 | —1.43 |
| Tooting | 202 | 207 | 409 | 11.02 | +1.02 |
| Wandsworth | 618 | 527 | 1,145 | 12.16 | +1.30 |
| Whole Borough | 2,040 | 1,892 | 3,932 | 11.46 | — .33 |
The birth.rate was 11.46 per 1,000, compared with 11.03
for 1935, and 12.34 the decennial average.
The rate for the whole of London during 1936 was 13.6 and
for England and Wales, 14.8.
135 illegitimate births took place in the Borough, but only
74 belonged to the Borough. On the other hand 119 illegitimate
births belonging to Wandsworth occurred outside the Borough,
making a corrected total of illegitimate births belonging to
Wandsworth of 193, 46 of these belonged to Clapham, 23 to
Putney, 29 to Balham, 35 to Streatham, 16 to Tooting, and 44
to Wandsworth.
The percentage of illegitimate births to total births was
4.9.
The illegitimate births occurring in nursing homes have again
been allocated to the home addresses of the mothers.
Notification of Births Act.
Notifications of birth were received in respect of 2,457, or
96 per cent. of the 2,537 children who were born in the Borough
during the year.
1,735 of these notifications were transmitted by midwives,
489 by medical attendants, 94 by parents, and 139 by other persons.