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Wimbledon Urban District Council.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
being the report
For the Year ended December 31st, 1900.
Gentlemen,
I have pleasure in presenting my Annual Report for the
year ended the 31st December, 1900, and it is satisfactory to be
able to state that the District maintains its reputation as an excep
tionally healthy one.
Births. The total number of births registered was 1075 (528 males,
547 females), which is 44 more than last year, equal to a birth-rate
of 24.43 per thousand per annum, being .II lower than last year.
The birth-rate in England and Wales, for the same period, is given
at 28.9 in the report of the Registrar General.
Deaths. The total number of deaths registered was 559 (281 males,
278 females), equal to a death-rate of 12.7 per thousand living per
annum; taking the population at 44,000 (the estimated population
at Midsummer, 1900.) After making the usual corrections as
indicated at the bottom of Table 5, the total number of deaths