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Wimbledon 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

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The rates for the respective Wards of the district were
as follows:—
St. Mary's 16.1
St. John's 8.01
Cottenham Park 13.4
Dundonald 17.9
Trinity 25.5
South Park 21.3
As will be seen from the birth-rates for the respective
Wards, the highest rates are recorded in the Wards where
most of the working classes are housed.
Deaths.—The total number of deaths registered in the
district was 500 (233 males, 267 females), equal to a deathrate
of 8.6 per thousand of the population per annum. This
is 1 per thousand higher than last year.
The deaths occurring outside the district of persons
belonging to this Borough were 154, viz. :—
Kingston Union Infirmary 68
Essex and Colchester Asylum 1
Royal Victoria Hospital 3
Isolation Hospital, Mortlake 3
Nelson Hospital, Merton 11
Putney Hospital 1
Bolingbroke Hospital 1
Belgrave Hospital, Clapham Road 3
Royal Waterloo Hospital 4
Childrens Hospital, Great Ormond Street 3
St. George's Hospital 3
Hospital of St. John and St. Elizabeth 1
Friedenheim Hospital 1
New Hospital for Women 2
Charing Cross Hospital 1
Netherne Asylum, Merstham 1
Croydon Rural Isolation Hospital, Car-
shalton 1
Brookwood Asylum, Woking 4
Linford Sanatorium 1
Norfolk and Norwich Hospital 1
Park Hospital 1
Hostel of God, Clapham 2
St. Thomas' Hospital 5
St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1
Marylebone Infirmary 1
Westminster Infirmary 2
Middlesex Hospital 1
University College Hospital 2
St. Peter's Home 1
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