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Wandsworth 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 103
The next Table shows the death-rate per 100,000 for each of
the sub-districts and for the whole Borough for the year and for
the 10 preceding: years.
| Sub-District. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 89 | 117 | 131 | 96 | 94 | 104 | 109 | 95 | 107 | 73 | 79 |
| Putney | 58 | 85 | 59 | 103 | 70 | 82 | 97 | 93 | 100 | 102 | 88 |
| Streatham | 89 | 39 | 67 | 84 | 61 | 101 | 84 | 109 | 86 | 80 | 81 |
| Tooting | 93 | 39 | 101 | 70 | 70 | 58 | 52 | 55 | 87 | 47 | 73 |
| Wandsworth | 73 | 71 | 51 | 70 | 48 | 63 | 89 | 103 | 83 | 80 | 87 |
| Whole Borough | 81 | 79 | 78 | 84 | 62 | 81 | 90 | 98 | 92 | 78 | 82 |
In all the sub-districts there has been an increase with the
exception of Putney, where the rate has decreased from 102 to 88.
For the whole Borough the rate is four above the previous year,
but it is the same as the decennial average.
Tubercular Diseases.
The total number of deaths from this group of diseases was
376, compared with 360 in 1905, 380 in 1904, 343 in 1903, and
314 in 1902.
267 of the deaths were due to Tubercular disease of the
Lungs, 49 to Tubercular disease of the Brain, and 60 to other
forms of Tubercular diseases.
The number of deaths from Tubercular disease of the Lungs
and other Tubercular diseases and the rates per 1,000 for the
whole Borough and for the separate sub-districts are shown in the
next Table.
The corrected death-rate for Tubercular disease of the Lungs
was '86 per 1,000, compared with .93 in 1905, 1.07 in 1904, and