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It must however, be admitted that a rate of 117 in a town
of 50,000 inhabitants, is one on which a Local Authority may congratulate
themselves, especially when it is remembered that two-thirds
of the population reside in a portion of the district which is practically
level and only about 50 feet above ordnance datum. If this
rate can be maintained in future we shall have reason for satisfaction.
The deaths in public institutions outside the district of persons
belonging to Wimbledon, were: 45 in the Kingston Infirmary and
10 in the County Asylum, Brookwood; and the deaths occurring
in public institutions within the district of persons not belonging
thereto were : four in the South Wimbledon Cottage Hospital, three
in the Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital, Copse Hill, and
one in the North Wimbledon Cottage Hospital.
After taking these into account, the total number of deaths
properly belonging to the district is found to be 631, and the deathrate
12 6. The rate for England and Wales for the same period
is 154.
One hundred and seventy-five deaths of children under one year
of age were registered; and this infantile mortality is represented
by a ratio of 147 deaths per thousand registered births, an increase
of 78 per thousand on the previous year, and 28 on the average for
the past ten years. The rate for England and Wales is 133.
This is chiefly accounted for by the fatal Diarrhoea present
in one part of the district, and which was the subject of a report
made to and at the request of the Local Government Board.
The number of deaths from zymotic diseases was 137, viz.:—
Diarrhoea 90, Measles 19, Diphtheria 9, Enteric Fever 5, Scarlet
Fever 5, Erysipelas 5, and Whooping Cough 4, giving a zymotic
death-rate of 2.7 per thousand of the population, the highest for
over 20 years.
In addition to the deaths from zymotic diseases, the principal
causes of deaths were as follows:— Pneumonia 50, Bronchitis 19,
Cancer 48, Phthisis 43, other forms of Tuberculosis 16, Heart
Diseases 30, and Premature Birth 17.