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Wimbledon Urban District Council.
Report of the Medical Officer of Health
FOR THE YEAR^ ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1897.
Births.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present my Annual Report for
the year ended the 31st December, 1897.
The total number of births registered was 828 (433 males,
395 females), which is 47 less than last year, equal to a birthrate
of 23 65 per thousand per annum, which is 2-86 lower
than last year. The birth-rate in England and Wales, for the
same period, is given at 29'7 in the report of the Registrar
General.
Deaths.
The total number of deaths registered was 367 (194
males, 1 73 females), equal to a death-rate of 10 4 per thousand
living per annum; taking the population at 35,000 (the
estimated population at Midsummer, 1897). After making
the usual corrections as indicated at the bottom of Table 3.
The total number of deaths properly belonging to the district
is found to be 398, and the death-rate 11.3. The death-rate
for England and Wales for the same period is given as 17 4.
The deaths which occurred outside the district among persons
belonging thereto which have come to my knowledge were 2