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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 19
The rate is much lower than in 1918, owing to the diminution
in the number of deaths from Influenza and Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
The rate in 1914 was 2.21; in 1915, 3.01; in 1916, 2.36;
in 1917, 271; and in 1918, 5.37 per 1,000.
The rate from the principal infective diseases, viz.:—Small-pox
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough.. Diphtheria, Enteric
Fever, and Diarrhoea, was .42 per 1,000 (.42 in Clapham, .59 in
Putney, .38 in Streatham, .46 in Tooting, and .41 in Wandsworth),
compared with .99 in 1914, 1.24 in 1915, .74 in 1916, .94 in 1917,
and .82 in 1918.
The rate for 1919 is much the lowest on record.
Scarlet Fever.
The total number of deaths was seven, and the death-rate
per 1,000 .02. The case mortality was .08 per cent.
Diphtheria.
The total number of deaths was 41 (nine in Clapham, two in
Putney, 12 in Streatham, six in Tooting, and 12 in Wandsworth),
and the death-rate per 1,000 was .12. The case mortality was
7.8 per cent.
Enteric Fever.
The number of deaths was two, the death-rate was .006 per
1,000, and the case mortality 11 per cent.
The [number of deaths from this disease is the lowest on
record.