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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
from diseases of a Tuberculous nature, 112 from Respiratory
diseases, 17 from non-Tuberculous Meningitis, and 85 from all
other causes.
Compared with 1905 there is an increase in the number of
deaths of infants from Diarrhæal diseases, Tuberculous diseases,
non-Tuberculous Meningitis, and Convulsions, and a decrease in
the number of deaths from infectious diseases, wasting diseases,
Syphilis, diseases of the Respiratory Organs, and other causes.
In all the deaths with the exception of eight, three in Clapham,
one in Streatham, two in Tooting, and two in Southfield,
the cause of death was certified by a medical man or by the
coroner after inquest.
32.03 per cent, of the deaths occurred in the first month, compared
with 34.2 per cent, in 1905; 51.7 per cent, in the first three
months, compared with 52.4; and 72.6 in the first six months,
compared with 71.8 per cent.
The Table also shows that 298, or 33.3 per cent, of the total
deaths occurred from wasting diseases, and that 214, or 71.8 per
cent., occurred under one month. Of the total deaths under one
month, viz. :—286, 214 or 74.8 per cent, occurred from wasting
diseases. From Diarrhceal diseases only 20 deaths occurred under
one month out of a total of 269. The greatest mortality from this
group occurred from the second to the eighth month.
42 deaths occurred from Tuberculous diseases, compared with
34 in 1905, and from diseases of the Respiratory Organs 112,
compared with 136.
The increase in the number of deaths from Meningitis compared
with the previous year raised a suspicion that some of these
cases have been cases of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, but enquiry
into the symptoms of some of the cases did not verify this. At no
time during the year have my services been required by any
medical practitioner, although a circular was sent to every practising
medical man in the Borough stating that I would see any
suspicious case. At the same time a copy of the circular issued
by the Local Government Board was also sent.