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Wimbledon 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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The deaths occurring within the district, of persons not belonging thereto were sixty-two, namely:—
| North Wimbledon Hospital | 16 |
| Infectious Diseases Hospital | 2 |
| Atkinson Morley Hospital | 3 |
| Private Nursing Homes | 27 |
| Others | 14 |
| Total | 62 |
Taking these into consideration, the total number of
deaths properly belonging to Wimbledon is six hundred and
thirty-six and the death rate 10.82 per thousand of the
population. The rate for England and Wales for the same
period was 12.3 per thousand.
The death rate shows a decrease over the figure for the
previous year and is considerably below that for England
and Wales.
The following table gives the death rate in Wimbledon for the past ten years together with the comparative figures for England and Wales:—
| 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon : | ||||||||||
| No. of DeathS | 645 | 638 | 579 | 620 | 632 | 774 | 648 | 724 | 713 | 636 |
| Death Rate | 11.1 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 13.03 | 10.9 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 10.8 |
| Death Rate for England & Wales | 12.2 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 11.4 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 12.3 |