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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Board, three from Scarlet Fever, eight from Diphtheria, and one
from Enteric Fever.
In internal Institutions 90 deaths occurred of persons not
belonging to the Borough, compared with 89 in 1905, and 67 in
1904.
Of these 85 occurred in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board at Tooting, 46 from Scarlet Fever, 30 from Diphtheria,
seven from Enteric Fever, one from Measles, and one from
Whooping Cough.
Two deaths from Erysipelas occurred in the Middlesex County
Asylum, one from Influenza in the Royal Hospital for Incurables,
and two in other places.
Of the total deaths from Zymotic diseases, 50 occurred in
the Fever Hospitals at Tooting, 13 from Scarlet Fever, 31 from
Diphtheria, and six from Enteric Fever, and one death from
Erysipelas and one from other Septic diseases in the Tooting
Home.
The next Table shows the death-rates from these diseases for
the whole Borough and for each sub-district for the year 1906, as
well as for the preceding 10 years, and the rates above or below
the decennial average are also shown.