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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-District. | Cases 1908. | Case-rate per 1,000 living. | Deaths 1908. | Death-rate per 1,000 living. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898— 1907 | 1908 | 10 Years | 1908 | |||
| Clapham | 91 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 7 | .19 | .10 |
| Putney | 39 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1 | .20 | .03 |
| Streatham | 137 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 11 | .17 | .10 |
| Tooting | 89 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 6 | .28 | .19 |
| Wandsworth | 225 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 12 | .23 | .12 |
| Whole Borough | 581 | 2.1 | 1.73 | 37 | .20 | .11 |
| LONDON | 7,846 | 2.2 | 1.64 | 724 | .24 | .15 |
The case-rate for the year is .17 under that for the year 1907,
and is .37 under the average for the 10 years 1898-1907.
The highest case-rate was in Tooting, and the lowest in
Putney.
The case-rate for the Borough is .1 under that for the whole
of London, and the death-rate is .04 per 1,000 lower.
The death-rate per 1,000 in the Borough was .11, compared
with .12 in 1907, .16 in 1906, .11 in 1905, and .20, the decennial
average.
In Clapham the death-rate was .10, in Putney .03, in Streatham
.10, in Tooting .19, and in Wandsworth 12 per 1,000.
Tooting and Wandsworth show a decrease compared with
the previous year, but in Clapham, Putney and Streatham there
was a slight increase in this rate.