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Wimbledon 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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BOROUGH OF WIMBLEDON. TABLE 1.
Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1909 and Previous Years.
| YEAR, | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District. | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. | Nett Deaths at all asm Biunsim to the District. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Rate.* | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1000 Births Registered. | N umber. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||||
| l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 1899 | 38,000 | 1031 | 27.13 | 163 | 158 | 547 | 14.3 | 18 | 12 | 33 | 568 | 14.9 |
| 1900 | 39,500 | 1075 | 27.21 | 156 | 145 | 559 | 14.1 | 18 | 13 | 24 | 570 | 14.4 |
| 1901 | 41,631 | 1074 | 25.79 | 133 | 123 | 457 | 10.9 | 20 | 4 | 40 | 493 | 11.8 |
| 1902 | 43,000 | 1144 | 26.6 | 134 | 117 | 455 | 10.5 | 21 | 4 | 46 | 497 | 11.5 |
| 1903 | 46.000 | 1204 | 26.1 | 99 | 82 | 389 | 8.4 | 18 | 5 | 40 | 4-24 | 9.2 |
| 1904 | 47,719 | 1142 | 23.9 | 153 | 133 | 487 | 10.2 | 29 | 5 | 46 | 525 | 11.02 |
| 1905 | 48,240 | 1141! | 23.7 | 80 | 69 | 397 | 8.2 | 29 | 6 | 35 | 426 | 8.8 |
| 1906 | 49,860 | 1185 | 23.7 | 175 | 147 | 584 | 11.7 | 31 | 8 | 55 | 631 | 12.6 |
| 1907 | 51,700 | 1121 | 21.6 | 125 | 111 | 480 | 9.2 | 44 | 9 | 58 | 529 | 10.2 |
| 1908 | 54,274 | 1144 | 21.07 | 82 | 71 | 454 | 8.3 | 35 | 7 | 71 | 518 | 9.5 |
| Averages for years 1899-1908. | 45,992 | 1126 | 24.4 | 130 | 115 | 480 | 10.4 | 26 | 7 | 44 | 518 | 11 |
| 1909 | 56,944 | 1181 | 20.7 | 91 | 77 | 451 | 7.9 | 30 | 7 | 64 | 508 | 8.9 |
* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1000 of estimated population.
By the term "Non residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public
institutions there ; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness
or infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
Area of District in acres (excluive of area covered by water) 3173
Total population at all ages (at Census of 1901) 41,631
Number of inhabited houses (at Census of 1901) 7572
Average Number of persons per house ,, 5.49