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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Compared with the corrected decennial average there has
been an increase in the number of deaths from Puerperal Fever
and Whooping Cough, and a decrease in all the other Zymotics.
The greatest increase occurred from Whooping Cough, and the
greatest decrease from Diarrhcea, Measles and Diphtheria.
From all Zymotic diseases the death-rate was 1.34 per 1,000
(1.o6 in Clapham, 1.13 in Putney, .93 in Streatham, 2.99 in Tooting,
and 1.50 in Wandsworth), compared with 1.70 in 1906, 1.57
in 1905, 1.93 in 1904, and 2.06, the decennial average.
The rate from the principal Zymotic diseases, viz.:—Smallpox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria,
Enteric Fever, and Diarrhcea, was .97 per 1,000 (.73 in Clapham,
.8o in Putney, .65 in Streatham, 2 63 in Tooting, and .99 in
Wandsworth), compared with 1.36 in 1906, 1.30 in 1905, and 1.6o
in 1904.
The rate in London was 1.37 per 1,000, compared with 1.94
in 1906, 1.68 in 1905, and 2.14 in 1904.
The rate for England and Wales was 1.26, compared with
1.73 in 1906; in the 76 Great Towns 1.54, compared with 2.24; in
the 142 Smaller Towns 1.29, compared with 1.71; and in Rural
England and Wales .91, compared with 1.18.
The rate for the year 1907 is the lowest yet recorded, and the
great decrease is due to the decrease in the number of deaths
from Diarrhoea, and to a less extent from Diphtheria and Measles.
In Out-lying Institutions 48 deaths occurred from Zymotic
diseases (10 belonging to Clapham, five to Putney, eight to
Streatham, three to Tooting, and 22 to Wandsworth), compared
with 52 in 1906, 67 in 1905, and 58 in 1904.
Of these deaths 33 occurred in the Union Infirmary, 11 from
Measles, one from Influenza, 12 from Whooping Cough, one from
Enteric Fever, two from Erysipelas, four from Puerperal Fever,
and two from other Septic diseases; 10 in General and Special
Hospitals, one from Measles, one from Whooping Cough, one
from Diphtheria, one from Enteric Fever, one from Epidemic