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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The death-rate was .15 per 1,000, compared with .38 in 1902,
and .18 in 1901.
Diarrhœa.
The number of deaths from Diarrhœa and Epidemic or
Zymotic Enteritis was 96, three above last year, but 73.2 under the
corrected decennial average.
20 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 11 in Putney, 14 in
Streatham, 14 in Tooting, and 37 in Wandsworth.
The death-rate was .38 per 1,000, the same as in 1902. The
death-rate for the whole of London was .64, compared with .54 in
1902.
Of the total deaths registered, 82, or 85 4 per cent. were of
infants under one year.
Including Enteritis the total number of deaths was 162,
compared with 155 in 1902, 214 in 1901, and 246 in 1900.
The low death-rate from these diseases was chiefly due to
climatic conditions, the low temperature checking the growth of
bacteria in milk, and the excessive rainfall acting as a cleansing
agent to streets, yards, and sewers.
The following Table shows the death-rate from Zymotic
Diseases for the Borough for the year, as well as the two previous
vears.

Special inquiries were made in 64 of the deaths out of the
total of 96,