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Wandsworth 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS
Population
The overall civilian population at the middle of the year was estimated
by the Registrar-General to be 347,810, and all the rates used
in this Report are based on this figure.
As the Registrar-General has also now published certain detailed
figures obtained from the 1961 Census, figures which vary in some
degree from estimates formed in the interim period between census
years, the opportunity is taken to present in this report his estimates
of the Ward populations of the Borough as at mid-1961. These figures
are shown in Table I, together with the mid-1962 estimates for the
Parliamentary divisions, based on the overall figure.
In Table I(a) a comparison is made of the population in five-yearly
age groups and sexes for the two census years, 1951 and 1961.
TABLE I
| mid-1961 | mid-1962 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Putney | Putney Ward | 35,444] | 105,524 | 105,630 |
| Parliamentary | Thamesfield „ | 16,902 | ||
| Division | Fairfield „ | 14,632 | ||
| West Hill „ | 23,436 | |||
| Southfield „ | 15,110 | |||
| Central | Earlsfield „ | 17,236 | 90,500 | 90,590 |
| Parliamentary | Springfield „ | 17,337 | ||
| Division | Tooting | 17,933 | ||
| Graveney „ | 20,095 | |||
| Bedford „ | 17,899 | |||
| Clapham | Larkhall | 13,778 | 79,983 | 80,080 |
| Parliamentary | Clapham North „ | 14,370 | ||
| Division | Clapham Park „ | 17,294 | ||
| Thornton „ | 19,778 | |||
| Balham „ | 14,763 | |||
| Streatham | Streatham Hill | 18,120 | 71,435 | 71,510 |
| Parliamentary | St. Leonards „ | 13,116 | ||
| Division | Streatham Common „ | 12,636 | ||
| Streatham South | 11,810 | |||
| Furzedown „ | 15,753 | |||
| 347,442 | 347,810 | |||
Births
The total number of births belonging to the Borough registered
during 1962 was 6,312, consisting of 3,223 males and 3,089 females.
The number for 1961 was 5,878.
The crude birth-rate was 18.1 per 1,000 persons living compared
with 16.9 for 1961. The adjusted rate works out at 17.4 after taking
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