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Wimbledon 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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temporary Defence Corps encamped on Wimbledon Common at
the date of the Census. This Corps numbered 3,757 persons.
(1) GENERAL STATISTICS—1923.
Area (Acres) 3,173
Population (1923) 58,000
Number of inhabited houses (1923) 12,064
Number of families or separate occupiers
(1923) 13,032
Rateable Value—£529,260
Sum represented by penny rate £1,900
(2) EXTRACTS from VITAL STATISTICS of the Year (1923)
Total. M. F.
J Legitimate 830 401 429
Bllths {Illegitimate 38 15 23} Birth Rate (R.G.) 14.9
Deaths 547 260 287 Death Rate (R.G.) 9.4
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of,
childbirth from sepsis 1
do. do. other causes —
Total 1
Deaths of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births 43.7
Legitimate 36
Illegitimate 2
38
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 4
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 4
„ „ Diarrhosa (under 2 years of age) 5

Vital Statistics for 1923 (Provisional Figures). Registrar-General's Returns.

Annual Rates per 1,000 living.Infant Mortality of infants under 1 year per 1,000 Births.
Births.Deaths from all Causes.
England and Wales19.711.669
105 Great Towns20.411.672
155 Smaller Towns19.810.669
WIMBLEDON14.99.444