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Wandsworth 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS 15
The crude death-rate for the year was 14.4 compared with 14.0 for
1961, but after taking into account the area comparability factor
supplied by the Registrar-General, the adjusted rate works out at
11.2 The death-rate for England and Wales as a whole was 11.9 and
for London 12.0.
Table II shows the total number of registered deaths and the deathrates
for each division based on the approximate population in each
division.
TABLE II
| Corrected Deaths | Death Rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | ||
| Putney | 541 | 579 | 1,120 | 10.6 |
| Central | 836 | 1,071 | 1,907 | 21.0 |
| Clapham | 513 | 643 | 1,156 | 14.4 |
| Streatham | 381 | 446 | 827 | 11.5 |
| Whole Borough | 2,271 | 2,739 | 5,010 | 14.4 |
Table III is the general mortality table for the whole Borough and
shows the number of deaths from each cause divided into sexes, age
groups and sub-districts.
The larger number of deaths shown in the Central Division as
compared with the other Parliamentary Divisions is due mainly to
the fact that in that area are located a number of hospitals for the
mentally disordered. Such hospitals are classified by the RegistrarGeneral
for the purpose of deaths statistics as non-transferable and
consequently, deaths occurring in these Institutions are allocated to
this area.