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Wandsworth 1962

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

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14 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1962
into account the area comparability factor supplied by the RegistrarGeneral.
The birth-rate for England and Wales as a whole was 18.0
and for London 19.6.
Seven hundred and twenty-five illegitimate births took place in the
Borough compared with 630 in 1961.

Table: TABLE I(a)POPULATION IN AGE GROUPS AND SEXES FOR 1951 AND 1961

TABLE I(a)

POPULATION IN AGE GROUPS AND SEXES FOR 1951 AND 1961

Age groupsPersonsMalesFemales
19511961Variation + or —1951196119511961
0-424,95622,333- 2,62312,90011,39712,05610,936
5-921,12520,339- 78610,93010,32010,19510,019
10-1416,64025,050+ 8,4108,51412,9478,12612,103
15-1915,28923,335+ 8,0466,57011,6548,71911,681
20-2420,35224,090+ 3,7389,40511,85210,94712,238
25-2925,60222,457- 3,14512,31211,75813,29010,699
30-3425,34321,989- 3,35412,22610,94613,11711,043
35-3927,56124,607- 2,95413,24111,96914,32012,638
40-4426,94624,200- 2,74612,98511,52413,96112,676
45-4923,99926,641+ 2,64211,19612,80212,80313,839
50-5421,49226,085+ 4,5939,43512,47012,05713,615
55-5919,64022,281+ 2,6418,30110,31211,33911,969
60-6418,18018,430+ 2507,5577,80610,62310,624
65-6915,86714,908- 9596,2085,8149,6599,094
70-7412,40712,620+ 2134,7144,5497,6938,071
75-798,3389,390+ 1,0522,9802,9785,3586,412
80-844,5035,598+ 1,0951,3681,6523,1353,946
85-891,7672,386+ 6194385731,3291,813
90-94430585+ 15593123337462
95 and up56118+ 6212194499
330,493347,442+ 16,949151,385163,465179,108183,977
Density of population —persons per acre36.338.1

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Deaths
The number of registered deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 4,009 but 1,074 of these did not belong to the
Borough, while 2,075 Borough residents died outside the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after allowing
for these factors, was 5,010 of whom 2,271 were males and 2,739
females.