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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS 11
Deaths
The number of registered deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 3,910 but 893 of these did not belong to the
Borough, while 1,974 Borough residents died outside the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after allowing
for these factors, was 4,991, of whom 2,319 were males and 2,672
females
The crude death-rate for the year was 14.7, compared with 14.8
for 1959, but after taking into account the area comparability
factor supplied by the Registrar-General, the adjusted rate works out
at 10.9. The death-rate for England and Wales as a whole was 11.5
and for London 11.4.
Table II shows the total number of registered deaths and the death-rates for each division based on the approximate population in each division.
| Corrected Deaths | Death Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | ||
| Putney | 571 | 636 | 1,207 | 13.7 |
| Central | 814 | 1,010 | 1,824 | 18.9 |
| Clapham | 530 | 572 | 1,102 | 13.5 |
| Streatham | 404 | 454 | 858 | 11.7 |
| Whole Borough | 2,319 | 2,672 | 4,991 | 14.7 |