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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of cases notified during 1905 was 348, compared
with 406 in 1904, and 532 in 1903. This is the smallest number of
cases since the year 1896 and it is 147 under the uncorrected and 290
under the corrected decennial average.
In Clapham there has been an increase of 20, in Putney a decrease
of two, in Streatham a decrease of 34, in Tooting a decrease of three
and in Wandsworth a decrease of 39 compared with 1904.
Compared with the uncorrected average there has been a considerable
decrease in all the sub-districts with the exception of Tooting,
where there has been an increase of four.
The largest number of cases occurred in Streatham and the
smallest in Putney.
The number of cases notified per 1,000 of population was 1.21
compared with 1.38 for the whole of London.
276 or 79.3 per cent. of the cases were removed to hospital
where 22 died, and 72 or 20.7 per cent. were treated at home with
nine deaths.
The case mortality was 8.9 per cent., compared with 10.8 in 1904,
9.7 in 1903, and 10.7 per cent. in 1902.
The case mortality for the whole of London was 8.5 per cent.,
compared with 10 per cent, in 1904, 9.7 per cent. in 1903, and 10.7
per cent. in 1902.
The case mortality among the hospital-treated cases was 7.9 per
cent. and among those treated at home 12.5 per cent. In 1904 the
mortality of the home-treated cases was lower than of the cases
treated in hospital, but in 1902 and 1903 it was higher, similar to
what has occurred in the year under review.
The following Table shows the number of cases, the case-rate per
1,000 living for the year and for the 10 previous years, the number of
deaths and the death-rate for the Borough as well as for the separate
sub-districts:—