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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 1918
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Infantile Mortality.
The following Table shows the number of deaths, the percentage
to total deaths, the rate per 1,000 births for the year and
for the three previous years for each sub-district and for the whole
Borough.
TABLE XIII.
| Sub-District. | No. of Deaths under one year. | Percentage to total Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |||
| Clapham | 91 | 10.29 | 92 | 70 | 74 | 107 |
| Putney | 36 | 944 | 78 | 74 | 83 | 97 |
| Streatham | 109 | 7.95 | 76 | 66 | 73 | 71 |
| Tooting | 61 | 12.52 | 104 | 109 | 110 | 99 |
| Wandsworth | 120 | 9.'33 | 104 | 92 | 104 | 90 |
| Whole Borough | 417 | 9.23 | 92 | 78 | 89 | 89 |
The Infantile Mortality for the year is the same as in 1917,
but is higher than 1916.
INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from these diseases was 1,572, 312
in Clapham, 131 in Putney, 444 in Streatham, 192 in Tooting, and
493 in Wandsworth.
From all infective diseases the death-rate was 5.37 per 1,000,
(5.67 in Clapham, 4.93 in Putney, 4.91 in Streatham, 5.68 in Tooting,
and 5.68 in Wandsworth).
The rate from the principal infective diseases, viz.:—Small-pox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Enteric
Fever, and Diarrhœa, was .82 per 1,000, (1.09 in Clapham, .56 in
Putney, .73 in Streatham 1.00 in Tooting, and .77 in Wandsworth).