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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of cases notified was 566, 106 in Clapham, 35 in
Putney, 165 in Streatham, 78 in Tooting, and 182 in Wandsworth,
compared with 348 in 1905, and 406 in 1904. This number,
although 65 above the uncorrected, is 110 under the corrected
decennial average.
In Clapham there has been an increase of 41, in Putney of 18,
In Streatham of 44, in Tooting of 37, and in Wandsworth of 78.
The largest number of cases occurred in Wandsworth and the
smallest in Putney.
The number of cases notified per 1,000 of population was
1.79, compared with 1,21 in 1905, and in London 1,70, compared
with 1,38.
439 or 77,5 Per cent, of the cases were removed to hospital
where 40 died, and 127 or 22,5 per cent, were treated at home
with 10 deaths.
The case mortality was 8 9 per cent., compared with 8.9 in
1905, and 10.8 in 1904.
The case mortality for the whole of London was 8'7 per cent.,
compared with 8 5 in 1905, and 10 in 1904.
The case mortality among the cases treated in hospital was
91 per cent., and among those treated at home 7'8 per cent. In
1905 these percentages were respectively 7.9 and 12.5, but this
year a considerable number of the cases sent to hospital were in
a moribund condition on admission.
The following Table shows the number of cases, the caserate
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.