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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
As stated in previous reports, these differences are due to the
difference in age distribution and social conditions in the subdistricts.
Infantile Mortality.
The total number of deaths of infants under one year was
715, compared with 874 in 1906, 818 in 1905, 851 in 1904, and
743i n 1903
Of these, 123 occurred in Clapham, 54 in Putney, 164 in
Streatham, 142 in Tooting, and 232 in Wandsworth.
The infantile mortality, or deaths under one year to 1,000
births was 101, compared with 125 in 1906, 118 in 1905, 123 in
1904, and no in 1903.
This rate was 90 in Clapham, compared with 111 in 1906 and
130 the decennial average; 109 in Putney, compared with 128
and 126; 88 in Streatham, compared with 113 and 114; 148 in
Tooting, compared with 146 and 151 ; and 97 in Wandsworth,
compared with 131 and 139.
In the whole Borough the rate was 24 per 1,000 under that
for 1906, and 28 under the decennial average.
The rate in 1907 was much lower than any rate ever recorded,
and in each sub-district, with the exception of Tooting, it shows
a marked diminution as compared with the decennial average, in
Clapham showing a difference of 40, and in Wandsworth of 42
per 1,000, compared with that average.
The following Table shows the number of deaths, the percentage
to total deaths, the rate per 1,000 births for the year and
for the three previous years for each sub-district and for the
whole Borough.