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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| Sub-Districts. | 1898 | 1899 | I900 | 1901 | I902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1908 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate above decennial average. | Rate below decennial average. | ||||||||||||
| Clapham | 3.01 | 3.33 | 1.85 | 2.09 | 2.15 | 1.66 | 1.86 | 1.35 | 1.54 | 1.06 | 1.09 | .90 | |
| Putney | 2.8 | 1.65 | 1.95 | 1.02 | 1.75 | 1.69 | 1.48 | 1.69 | 1.49 | 1.13 | .94 | .72 | |
| Streatham | 2.1 | 2.29 | 1.7 | 1.14 | 1.76 | 1.38 | 1.33 | 1.10 | 1.31 | .93 | 1.03 | .47 | |
| Tooting | 2.27 | 2.17 | 2.84 | 3.38 | 2.58 | 2.07 | 2.50 | 2.81 | 3.04 | 2.99 | 1.69 | .97 | |
| Wandsworth | 3.59 | 2.73 | 2.25 | 2.20 | 2.64 | 2.09 | 2.63 | 1.87 | 1.89 | 1.50 | 1.17 | 1.16 | |
| Borough | 2.55 | 2.10 | 1.8l | 2.l8 | 1.72 | 1.93 | 1.57 | 1.70 | 1.34 | 1.14 | .84 | ||
The death-rate from Zymotic diseases as shown in the above
Table was .20 under that for 1907, and .84 under the decennial
average.
The rate was lowest in Putney and highest in Tooting, while,
compared with the decennial average, Wandsworth shows the
greatest reduction and Tooting the next.
The rate for Tooting was .53 above the decennial average in
1907, but in 1908 there was a very marked improvement, the rate
falling from 2.99 to 1.69.
There has been a slight increase in this rate in Clapham and
Streatham, but a marked decrease in Putney, Tooting, and
Wandsworth, compared with the year 1907, but in all the subdistricts
there is a very decided reduction in this mortality compared
with the decennial average.