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Wandsworth 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Mecdical Officer of Health for 1951
Deaths
The number of registered deaths which took place in the
Borough during the year was 3,815, but 1,348 of these did not
belong to the Borough, while 1,805 Borough residents died outside
the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after allowing
for these factors, was 4,272 of whom 2,115 were males and
2,157 females.
The death-rate for the year was 12.85 per 1,000 persons
living, compared with 12.02 in 1950.
The death-rate for the whole of London for 1951 was 13.1
and for England and Wales 12.5.
Table II shows the total number of registered deaths and the death-rates for each division and for the whole Borough.
TABLE II.
| Corrected deaths | Death-rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | ||
| Putney | 538 | 554 | 1,092 | 12.33 |
| Central | 626 | 639 | 1,265 | 13.03 |
| Clapham | 524 | 519 | 1,043 | 13.80 |
| Streatham | 427 | 445 | 872 | 12.26 |
| Whole Borough | 2,115 | 2,157 | 4,272 | 12.85 |