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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wimbledon 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year (1926).
(Registrar General's figures).
| Total. | M. | F. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | Legitimate | 769 | 406 | 363 | Birth Rate (R.G.) | 13.9 |
| Illegitimate | 38 | 18 | 20 | |||
| Deaths | 579 | 268 | 311 | Death Rate (R.G.) | 9.9 | |
| Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth from sepsis | 1 | |||||
| do. | do. | other causes | 2 | |||
| Total | 3 | |||||
| Death-rate of Infants under one year of age per 1,000 births | 33 | |||||
| Number of deaths of infants—legitimate | 26 | |||||
| „ „ „ —illegitimate | 1 | |||||
| 27 | ||||||
| Deaths from Measles (all ages) | 6 | |||||
| „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) | — | |||||
| „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) | - | |||||
Vital Statistics for 1926 (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 Wales | 17.8 | 11.6 | 70 |
| 105 Great Towns | 18.2 | 11.6 | 73 |
| 157 Smaller Towns | 17.6 | 10.6 | 67 |
| LONDON | 17.1 | 11.6 | 64 |
| WIMBLEDON | 13.9 | 9.9 | 33 |