London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Wandsworth 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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8 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table VI. gives a comparative statement of the birth and
death.rates in the Borough for the past 10 years, together with
the same rates for London and England and Wales.
TABLE VI.
| Birth.rates. | Death.rates. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wandsworth. | London. | England and Wales. | Wandsworth. | London. | England and Wales. | |
| 1918 | 14.29 | 16.1 | 17.7 | 15.07 | 18.9 | 17.6 |
| 1919 | 16.40 | 18.3 | 18.5 | 11.31 | 13.4 | 13.8 |
| 1920 | 21.03 | 26.3 | 25.4 | 10.36 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| 1921 | 18.80 | 22.3 | 22.4 | 10.83 | 12.4 | 12.1 |
| 1922 | 16.68 | 21.0 | 20.6 | 11.24 | 13.4 | 12.9 |
| 1923 | 16.20 | 20.2 | 19.7 | 10.09 | 11.2 | 11.6 |
| 1924 | 14.57 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 11 03 | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| 1925 | 14.17 | 18.9 | 18.3 | 10.32 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
| 1926 | 14.12 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 10.37 | 11.6 | 11.6 |
| 1927 | 13.13 | 16.1 | 16.7 | 10.96 | 11.9 | 12.3 |
| Average 10 years | 15.93 | 19.5 | 19.6 | 11.15 | 12.9 | 12.8 |
| 1928 | 13.00 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 10.58 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
The total number of deaths which occurred in Institutions,
etc., inside the Borough was 1,428, but 1,186 of these persons
did not belong to the Borough.
A total of 1,836 persons belonging to the Borough died in
Institutions, 242 occurring in Institutions within the Borough
and 1,594 in Institutions outside the Borough.
The following is a list of the Institutions, etc., outside the
Borough in which deaths of Borough residents occurred:—