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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Epidemic influenza.
Judging from the death-rate this disease was much more
prevalent than in 1901, as 93 deaths were registered, compared
with 41 in 1901, and 87 in 1900.
The number of deaths is, however, 3.7 below the corrected
decennial average.
28 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, nine in Putney, 31 in
Streatham, two in Tooting, and 23 in Wandsworth.
The death-rate was .38 per 1,000, compared with .18 in 1901.
Diarrhœa.
The number of deaths from the above was very much under
the average as only 93 deaths were registered, compared with 164
in 1901. Only two years in the previous decennium show a lower
actual mortality, viz.:—in 1892, when 83 deaths occurred, and
1894, in which there were. 59 deaths. The number registered in
1902 is 87.7 below the corrected decennial average.
In Clapham there were 14 deaths, compared with 42 in 1901,
in Putney eight, compared with seven, in Streatham 11, compared
with 29, in Tooting 14, compared with 29, and in Wandsworth 46,
compared with 57.
The death-rate for the year was .38, compared with .69 per
1,000 in 1901. The death-rate for the whole of London was also
much under last year, being only .54, compared with .85 for the
year previous.
The death-rate in the parishes was as follows:—Clapham
.26, Putney .31, Streatham .14, Tooting .75, and Wandsworth
.68 per 1,000
With the exception of Putney, which is slightly higher, all
the above rates are much under those for last year.
Of the total deaths registered, 80 or 83.8 per cent. were of
infants under one year of age.