Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1950 5
Deaths
The number of registered deaths which took place in the
Borough during the year was 3,627, but 1,359 °f these did not
belong to the Borough, while 1,744 Borough residents died outside
the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after allowing
for these factors, was 4,012, of whom 2,005 were males and
2,007 females.
The death-rate for the year was 12.02 per 1,000 persons living,
compared with 11.92 in 1949.
The death-rate for the whole of London for 1950 was 11 8
and for England and Wales 11.6.
Table II shows the total number of registered deaths and the
death-rates for each division and for the whole Borough.
TABLE H
Corrected deaths | Deathrate | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | Total | ||
Putney | 535 | 569 | 1104 | 12.41 |
Central | 578 | 512 | 1090 | 11.18 |
Clapham | 468 | 465 | 933 | 12.28 |
Streatham | 424 | 461 | 885 | 12.37 |
Whole Borough | 2005 | 2007 | 4012 | 12.02 |