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The rates in all the sub-districts but Streatham show an increase
compared with 1903. The increases were as follows :—Clapham 1*50,
Putney '48, Tooting i"36, and Wandsworth 87 per 1,000, while
Streatham shows a decreased rate of -i6 per 1,000.
The rates on this Table do not agree with the rates on Table IX.,
as the latter are calculated on the total population without deducting
the population in institutions.
The Chart shows the annual death-rate per 1,000 of population
during each week of the year for the whole of London, and for each
fortnight for the Borough of Wandsworth.
Only on one occasion during the year was the rate for the
Borough higher than that for all London, viz. :—for the fortnight
ending the 6th February.
A comparison with the Chart in the Report for 1903 shows that
in that year the death-rate in this Borough was on the 6th February
only slightly under that for the Metropolis.
The next Chart shows the rate in the Borough compared with the
rate for the year 1903, which shows that the rate was about the same
in January, higher in February and March, about the same in April
and May, slightly lower in June, higher in July, August and
September, slightly lower in October, much lower in November, and
slightly lower in December.
The reason why the rates were higher in July, August and
September, was owing to the increase in the number of deaths of
infants from Diarrhcea and Zymotic Enteritis.
The rate for the whole of London showed a similar increase in
July, August and September.
The four Tables which follow are inserted by order of the Local
Government Board.
Table I. shows the births, birth-rate, deaths, and death-rate per
1,000 for the whole Borough for the year, and the ten preceding
years : the total deaths of children under one year of age is also given,
and the rate per 1,000 births registered.
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.