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Wimbledon 1920
[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: —
| Wimbledon Park and St. Mary's | 123 |
| St. John's | 11.05 |
| Cottenham Park | 12.01 |
| Dundonald | 17.1 |
| Trinity | 22.08 |
| South Park and Haydon Park | 24.07 |
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 462 (208 males, 254 females), equal to a death
rate of 7 4 per thousand of the population per annum. This
is lower than last year's figure (8'5).
The deaths occurring outside the district of persons belonging to this Borough were 153, viz. :—
| Kingston Union Infirmary | 66 |
| Brookwood Asylum, Woking | 4 |
| Nelson Hospital, Merton | 10 |
| Others | 73 153 |
The deaths occurring within the district of persons not belonging thereto were 58, viz.:—
| Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital | 2 |
| North Wimbledon Hospital | 3 |
| Isolation Hospital | 3 |
| Others ... | 50 |
| 58 |
After taking these into account, the total number of deaths
properly belonging to the district is found to be 557, and the
death-rate 8 9. The rate for England and Wales for the same
period was 12'4.
The standardised death-rate for the year is 9 07. This is
obtained bv multiplying the net death-rate by the factor
for correction, 10196, which is supplied by the RegistrarGeneral
as the result of the last Census. This factor is provided
so as to make the death-rate comparable with that of
other districts and the country as a whole on the basis of a
similar age and sex distribution for Wimbledon.
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