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Wimbledon 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Births—
The number of births registered in the district was 691 (376
males and 315 females), a decrease of 14 against last year,
and equal to a birth-rate of 11.6 on a population of 59,370. The
corrected birth-rate produced by transferable births notified to
us by the Registrar-General is 12.9. 85 (or 12.3 per cent.) of the
births were illegitimate.
Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915.
During the year, 683 births were notified by the following
persons:—Parents, 24: Midwives, 448; Doctors, 89; other persons,
122. Fourteen notifications of still-births were received.
Deaths—
The total number of deaths registered in the district was
444 (196 males, 248 females), equal to a death-rate of 7.4 per
thousand of the population (R.G.) per annum.
The deaths occurring outside the district, of persons belonging to this Borough, were 261 viz:—
| Kingston and District General Hospital | 115 |
| Brook wood Asylum, Woking | 9 |
| Nelson Hospital, Merton | 37 |
| Others | 100 |
| Total | 261 |
The deaths occurring within the district, of persons not belonging thereto, were 57, viz.:—
| Atkinson Morley Hospital | 1 |
| Isolation Hospital | 5 |
| North Wimbledon Hospital | 11 |
| Others | 40 |
| Total | 57 |
Taking those into consideration, the total number of
deaths properly belonging to Wimbledon, is 648, and the
death-rate 10.9. The rate for England and Wales for the same
period was 11.4.
| 1930 | 1929 | 1928 | 1927 | 1926 | 1925 | 1924 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births | 766 | 759 | 691 | 717 | 807 | 760 | 814 |
| Deaths | 648 | 774 | 632 | 620 | 579 | 638 | 645 |
| Death-rates | 10.9 | 13.03 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 11.1 |