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STREATHAM,
INCLUDING
BALHAM AND TOOTING.
I have to announce that the public health in Streatham
and Tooting attained a high standard in 1887.
The mortality was below that of the previous year.
The death rate, exclusive of outlying deaths, was the
lowest recorded during the decennium. Inclusive of the
latter, it was below the deceunial average.
The Zymotic mortality was below that of 1886, and
the death rate therefrom was 1.6 per 1,000.
There was a marked decline in infant mortality, and
a corresponding rise in the deaths from old age.
These facts, notwithstanding, the year was not uneventful,
as will be shown in detail subsequently, under
heading Zymotic Diseases. There were outbreaks of
Small Pox and Scarlet Fever, isolated cases of the latter
disease occurring in various parts of the sub-district. In
all probability it was only unceasing vigilance, and the
prompt use of sanitary measures, which protected the
threatned district from a wide-spread epidemic.