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PART 2
VITAL STATISTICS
Population
The civilian population at the middle of the year was estimated
by the Registrar-General to be 300,530.
Movement of population
Although there has been little change in the general picture,
with large numbers of children under five years of age moving into
and out of the Borough, there do seem to be signs that the net
loss of child-population is becoming smaller. Records show that
just over 2,700 moved into Wandsworth—much the same as in
1970—and just over 3,100 moved out. The second figure shows a
drop of about 14 per cent, from that for 1970. There were
more children lost sight of : 1,908 as against 1,739 for the previous
year; 625 of these were finally traced either locally or through
co-operation with other local authorities. In addition, over 2,700
children moved to other addresses in Wandsworth. Although unspectacular
the work in connection with these records is of the
highest importance in contributing to the health and wellbeing of
the child.
Area comparability factors
Each year the Registrar-General provides area comparability
factors relating to births and deaths. These factors take into
account the extent to which the age and sex distribution of the
local population differs from that of England and Wales as a whole
and this enables valid comparisons to be made between the birth
and death rates in Wandsworth and those in other areas.
For the year 1971 the factor for births is 0.96 and for deaths
0.84.