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Wandsworth 1928

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

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4 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

TABLE I.

Sub.District.Census Population 1921Population estimated to middle of 1928
Clapham60,54063,576
Putney28,55832,547
Balham50,88855,057
Streatham52,60760,511
Tooting40.13540,802
Wandsworth95,579102,455
Whole Borough328,307354,948

Births.
The total number of births occurring in the Borough was
3,724, including 414 non.residents who were born in Institutions.
1,306 births of Borough residents occurred outside the Borough,
so that the corrected number of births was 4,616 compared with
4,653 in 1927.
In Table II. is shown the number of births, males and
females, the birth.rate, and the rate of natural increase, for
each sub.district, and for the whole Borough.

TABLE II.

Sub.District.No. of Births.Rates.
Males.Females.Total.Birth-rate.Rate of natural increase.
Clapham41242783913.032.43
Putney21217939112.00dec. .16
Balham39137676713.932.93
Streatham42140282313.582.60
Tooting26425551912.723.17
Wandsworth6736041,27712.162.32
Whole Borough2,3732,2434,61613.002.42