View report page

109
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Bacteriological Examination of Sputum.
70 examinations of sputum were made at the Lister Institute,
four from Clapham, three from Putney, 13 from Streatham, nine
from Tooting, and 41 from Wandsworth.
In 22 of the cases it was reported that the bacillus had been
found and in 48 that it was absent.
Circulatory Diseases.
During the year 331 deaths occurred, 144 of which, 75 of
males and 69 of females, were due to Organic disease of the
Heart.
84 of these deaths occurred in Clapham, 36 in Putney, 95 in
Streatham, 26 in Tooting, and 90 in Wandsworth.
Of the deaths from Organic disease of the Heart, six were
from five to 15 years, eight from 15 to 25 years, 83 from 25 to 65
years, and 47 over 65 years.
The number of deaths from this group of diseases was 15
less than in 1905 and 95 under the corrected decennial average.
Respiratory Diseases.
The total number of deaths was 511, compared with 512 in
1905, 514 in 1904, 379 in 1903, and 550 in 1902. The number of
deaths was one under the previous year and 121 under the corrected
decennial average.
111 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 40 in Putney, 111 in
Streatham, 61 in Tooting, and 182 in Wandsworth. Compared
with 1905 there is a slight increase in Clapham, Putney and
Wandsworth, and a slight decrease in Streatham and Tooting.
121 of the deaths occurred from Acute Bronchitis, 115 from
Chronic Bronchitis, 130 from Lobar Pneumonia, 123 from Lobular
or Broncho-Pneumonia, and 22 from other diseases of the
Respiratory Organs.