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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The death-rate was .17 per 1,000, compared with .26 in 1905
and '26 for the whole of London.
From Measles and Whooping Cough the greatest number of
deaths occur under five years of age. Out of a total of 120
deaths 115 or 95.8 per cent. occurred among children under five
years of age.
The number of cases notified from schools was 549, compared
with 576 in 1905, and 163 in 1904.
Epidemic Influenza.
70 deaths were caused by Influenza, 34 of males and 36 of
females, an increase of 29 compared with 1905, but a decrease of
16.5 compared with the corrected decennial average.
14 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, nine in Putney, 27 in
Streatham, five in Tooting, and 15 in Wandsworth.
The death-rate was .22 per 1,000, compared with .14 in 1905,
and .22 in 1904.
31 of these deaths were of persons from 25 to 65, and 30 of
persons over 65 years of age.
From enquiries made among a number of medical men practising
in the Borough I have ascertained that a considerable
proportion of cases of Influenza occurring in the Borough in the
latter part of the year were of a different type to those of previous
years as gastro-enteric symptoms were prominent. The greatest
number of deaths, however, occurred from diseases of the respiratory
organs subsequent to Influenza, only one death having
been registered as being due to abdominal Influenza.
Diarrhoea.
218 deaths, 109 of males and 109 of females, occurred from
Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis during the year, compared with
137 in 1905, and 208 in 1904. There has been an increase of 81
compared with 1905, and of 12.3 compared with the corrected
decennial average.