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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The death-rate was, during the year, highest in Wandsworth
and lowest in Streatham. The death-rate in Putney shows a
decided increase of deaths from Measles, Influenza, Acute Bronchitis,
and all other causes, although the deaths from Diphtheria
were eight compared with four in 1901. The Tooting death-rate
shows a satisfactory decrease due largely to the diminution in the
number of deaths from Diarrhoea.
Clapham and Streatham show a lower rate than 1901, but
Wandsworth has increased from 13.61 to 14.76 per 1,000.
The above rates are not calculated on the same population as
shown in Table VI., as the number of non-residents in institutions
in the Borough is deducted.
Table IV. is therefore a more exact statement of the number
of deaths in the Borough and also of the corrected death-rate.
The chart shows the annual death-rate during each week of
the year for the whole of London, and the annual death-rate for
each fortnight for the Borough of Wandsworth.
A comparison of the two curves shows that the death-rate for
the Borough was considerably lower than for the whole of London
during the year, but to a very large extent the rise and fall of the
two curves correspond during the whole year.
A comparison with this and the curves for the County of
London and the Borough for the previous years shows considerable
difference in the months of July, August, and September. This
was due chiefly to the decrease in the number of deaths from
Diarrhoea in infants. The increase in the death-rate in February
and March was partially due to the number of deaths from
Small-pox.