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Report oj the Medical Officcr of Health.
In the separate sub-districts of the Borough, the death-rate
was lowest in Streatham, viz. :—9.43, and highest in Tooting,
viz. :—13.-25. The rate in Clapham, viz. :—10 43, was lower by
.88 per 1,000 than in 1906, in Putney •34, in Streatham •16, in
Tooting •24, and in Wandsworth •68.
The greatest reduction, compared with 1906, occurred in
Clapham, and the least in Streatham.
The rates in this Table do not agree with the rates in Table
XI. as the rates in the latter Table are calculated on the total
population without deducting the population of non-parishioners
in Public Institutions in the Borough.
The first Chart shows the annual death-rate per 1,000 during
each week for the whole of London and for each fortnight for the
whole Borough.
During the whole year the death-rate in the Borough was
considerably under the rate for the whole of London, the nearest
approximation being in the second fortnight of August, when the
rate was 1C3 in the Borough and 12 in London.
Neither in the Borough nor in London did the usual rise in
the curve occur in August and September, due to the large
decrease in the number of deaths of infants from Diarrhoea.
The next Chart shows the death-rate in the Borough compared
with the average for the quinquennium 1902-1906.
This Chart shows that only on one occasion was the rate
higher than this average, viz. :—in the first fortnight of July,
when the rate was 9•72, compared with 9.25 per 1,000.
At every other month during the year the rate was lower, and
markedly so in March, August and September.
Only once during the year was the rate above 15 per 1,000,
viz. :— in January, while on no fewer than 10 fortnights it was
under 10 per 1,000. The lowest rate in the quinquennium was in
the first fortnight of July. The higher rates in January and