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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.

STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.

Area9,199 acres
Resident population in 1939 used for calculating birth-rates339,000
Average population, appropriate for calculating death-rates321,000
No. of inhabited houses78,500
Rateable value in 1939£3,464,571
Estimated produce of a penny rate£14,000

Table: Extract from Vital Statistics.

Extract from Vital Statistics.

No. of Live BirthsMalesFemalesTotal
Legitimate197718713848
Illegitimate113105218
209019764066
No. of Stillbirths7054124
Deaths184219323774
Birth-rate11.99
Death-rate:—Crude11.75
Standardised10.92
Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births
Deaths from puerperal sepsis2.47
Deaths from other puerperal causes92.14
Total112.62

Table: Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births:—

Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births:—

All infants47
Legitimate infants44
Illegitimate infants96
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)575
„ Measles (all ages)Nil
„ Whooping Cough (all ages)12
„ Diarrhœa (under 2 years of age)36