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Wandsworth 1928

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

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6 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Deaths.
The number of deaths which took place in the Borough
during the year was 3,349, but 1,186 of these did not belong
to the Borough, while 1,594 Borough residents died outside
the Borough.
The corrected number of deaths for the Borough, after
allowing for these factors, was 3,757, of whom 1,820 were males
and 1,937 females.
The corrected death-rate for the year was 10.58, compared
with 10.96 in 1927.
The death-rate for the whole of London for 1928 was 11.6,
for England and Wales, 11.7, in the 107 County Boroughs and
great Towns 11.6, and in the 156 smaller Towns 10.6.
Table IV. shows the total number of corrected deaths and
the death-rates for each sub-district and for the whole Borough.

TABLE IV.

Sub-Districts.Corrected Deaths.Corrected Death-rate.
Males.Females.Total.
Clapham34832667410.60
Putney17921739612.16
Balham28432260611.00
Streatham28338266510.98
Tooting2021883909.55
Wandsworth5245021,02610.14
Whole Borough1,8201,9373,75710.58

Table V. is the general mortality Table for the whole
Borough, and shows the corrected number of deaths from each
cause divided into sexes, age groups and sub-districts, together
with those occurring in Institutions,