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Beddington and Wallington 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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The number of illegitimate births registered as occurring
in the District was 8, as against 6 last year. This gives a
percentage rate of total births of 3.8, as against 2.6 last
year.
REGISTERED BIRTHS AND BIRTH RATES.
| Ward. | Estimated Population. | Births. | Birthrates. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Totals. | |||
| Beddington— | |||||
| North | 2530 | 28 | 16 | 39 | 15.4 |
| Central | 2100 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 9.0 |
| South | 3150 | 25 | 11 | 30 | 11.4 |
| Wallington — | |||||
| North | 2360 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 15.6 |
| Central | 3960 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 5.8 |
| South | 2600 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5.3 |
| Births occurring outside District. | 15 | 25 | 40 | ||
| Totals | 16700 | 111 | 97 | 208 | 12.4 |
DEATHS.
Exclusive of those deaths which occurred in Public
Institutions situated within the District, but belonging to
other districts, the deaths registered amounted to 169. In
this number are included those deaths which were transferred
by the Registrar-General of persons who had died
outside, but who belonged to this District. The number of
these deaths was 54. These deaths chiefly occurred at the
Workhouse, Workhouse Infirmary, and General Hospital
at Croydon; the County Asylum at Netherne; the War
Memorial Hospital at Carshalton; and the Wandle Valley
Joint Hospital Board's Hospital at Beddington Corner.
The mortality corresponds to a death rate of 10.1 per
thousand of population, as against 10.0 last year.
The Death Rate in England and Wales for 1925 was
12.2, as against 12.2 last year.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
During the year 4 deaths were registered as occurring
in infants under one year of age (all of which were legitimate),
as against 11 last year.