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24 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The death-rate was .17 per 1,000 (in Clapham .11, in Putney
.38, in Streatham 1.4, in Tooting .18, and in Wandsworth .19),
compared with .32 in 1918.
Of the total number of deaths from Diarrhoea registered,.
37, or 63 per cent., were of infants under one year, and 44, or 76 per
cent., of children under two years of age.
The number of deaths from Diarrhoea, Zymotic Enteritis, and
Enteritis under one year, represents 10.3 per cent, of the total
mortality at that age.
Tuberculous Diseases.
The total number of deaths from diseases of a Tuberculous
nature was 342.
288 of the deaths were due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 24
to Tuberculous disease of the Brain and 30 to other forms of Tuberculous
diseases.
The number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and other
Tuberculous diseases and the rates per 1,000 for the whole Borough
and for the separate sub-districts are shown in the next Table.