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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of cases notified during 1904 shows a marked
decrease compared with the average for the 10 years in Clapham and
Putney, a slight decrease in Wandsworth, and a slight increase in
Tooting and Streatham.
Compared with the previous year there is a decided decrease in
Clapham, Putney and Streatham, an increase of one only in Wandsworth,
and of 10 in Tooting.
The largest number of cases occurred in Streatham, and the
smallest in Putney,
297 or 73 per cent. of the cases were removed to hospital, where
32 died, and 109 cases were treated at home with 9 deaths.
The case mortality was 10.8 per cent., compared with 8.4 per
cent. in 1903, and 9.3 per cent. in 1902.
The case mortality for the whole of London was 10 per cent.,
compared with 9.7 in 1903, and 10.7 per cent. in 1902.
The case mortality among the cases treated in hospital was 10.4
and among those treated at home 8.2 per cent.
In 1902 and 1903 the case mortality of the cases treated at home
was higher than in the cases treated at hospital, whereas in 1904 this
rate was 2.2 per cent. lower.
The following Table shows the number of cases, the case rate per
1,000 living for the year and for the previous 10 years, the number of
deaths and the death-rate for the Borough, as well as for each subdistrict
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