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Wandsworth 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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100
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Compared with 1901 and with previous years, the death-rate
from all Tubercular Diseases, and from Phthisis especially, shows
a remarkable decrease.
The corrected death-rate from Phthisis is only .87, compared
with 1.10 in 1901, and from all Tubercular Diseases 1.27, compared
with 1.27.
All the parishes in the Borough with the exception of Putney
show a decrease, the greatest decrease having occurred in the
parish of Wandsworth.
Streatham has the lowest death-rate, viz.:—58 from Phthisis,
and '95 from all Tubercular Diseases, and that this is no accidental
circumstance may be seen from the Table which shows the deathrate
from Phthisis for the last ten years in the Borough and in the
several parishes.

Table: TABLE XLIII.Death-rate per 100,000 in the Borough and in the several Parishes:—

TABLE XLIII.

Death-rate per 100,000 in the Borough and in the several Parishes:—

18921893189418951896189718981899190019011902
Clapham134120120112133153123148114131117
Putney1521579911491881441059382113
Streatham645762636597102284917958
Tooting1631409042131145851451168883
Wandsworth15212413413110411711513113714092
Whole Borough1241081071049911811511911911287

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The chart shows the rate per 10,000 from the year 1885, and it
is satisfactory to notice that the reduction in this rate has been
considerable.