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16 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In the separate sub-districts of this Borough the death-rate
was highest in Wandsworth, 13.92 per 1,000, and lowest in
Streatham, 10.82, but although the districts occupied the same
positions in 1902, the rates were higher, viz.:—14.76 in Wandsworth,
and 11.57 in Streatham.
The rates in all the sub-districts are lower than they were in
1902, the greatest reduction having occurred in Putney, where the
rate was 14.20 in 1902, and 11.52 in 1903.
The rates on this Table do not agree with the rates on
Table VIII., as the latter rates are calculated on the total population
without deducting the population in institutions.
Table VII. is a more correct statement of the number of
deaths belonging to the Borough and also of the corrected deathrate.
The chart shows the annual death-rate per 1,000 of population
during each week of the year for the whole of London, and
the annual death-rate for each fortnight for the Borough of
Wandsworth.
Only on one occasion was the death-rate in the Borough,
viz.:—on the fortnight ending the 26th December, higher than
the rate in London in the week ending the 26th December.
During the rest of the year the rate was lower, and this is seen to
have been very decided in the months of March, July, and
September.
Compared with the chart for the year 1902 the rate was
higher in January, November, and December, and about the same
in August, September, and October, but lower in the other months
of the year. In the months of February and March the rate was
much lower than in 1902. The reduction in these months was due
to a decrease in the number of deaths from Epidemic Influenza,
and also to the absence of any death from Small-pox. The curve
for the whole of London shows that this was also lower in the
months of February and March from the same causes.
It will also be observed that there was no great increase in the
rate during August and September, as would have been the case
if the deaths from Diarrhœa had been equal to or above the
average.