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Wandsworth 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Vital Statistics. 11
Table VIII. gives the comparative figures of infantile
mortality for the last ten years for the whole of the Borough,
and for each of the six sub-districts.

TABLE VIII.

Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
19181079771999089
19196511258586866
1920636960696564
1921668061797167
1922633756816160
192350404950635552
192446565855626357
192554643842635752
192665716552817264
192744755047714551
Average for 10 years62705726462
1928 ......63534041365649
No. of deaths under 1 year, 1928532131341972230

Maternal Mortality.
15 deaths occurred from accidents and diseases of
pregnancy and six from Puerperal Fever, giving a total of 21
deaths after childbirth. This is equivalent to a rate of 4.54 per
1,000 births, compared with 4.08 in 1927,