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Wandsworth 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following Table shows the number of cases, the case-rate
per 1,000 living for the year, and for the previous ten years, the
deaths, and the death-rate for the Borough, as well as for each
sub-district.
| Parish. | Cases 1909 | Case-rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths 1902 | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892-1901 | 1902 | 10 Years | 1902 | |||
| Clapham | 149 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 44 | 19 |
| Putney | 51 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 8 | .25 | .31 |
| Streatham | 199 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 15 | .23 | .19 |
| Tooting | 90 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 10 | .27 | 53 |
| Wandsworth | 261 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 27 | .42 | .39 |
| Whole Borough | 750 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 70 | .35 | .29 |
| LONDON | 10.735 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.159 | .48 | .25 |
The case-rate for the Borough for the year is higher than the
average for the last ten years in all the sub-districts, but more
especially so in Tooting and Wandsworth, and is also higher in
the Borough as a whole.
The cases in Tooting include those notified from the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's Hospitals and these numbered 15, reducing
the Tooting case-rate to 4.0 instead of 4. 8.
The death-rate in the Borough, .29, is lower than the average
for the last ten years, but is .04 above that for the whole of London
for 1902.
In the separate sub-districts this rate was above the ten years
average in Putney and Tooting, and below it in Clapham,
Streatham, and Wandsworth.