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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Enteritis, one from Erysipelas, and four from other Septic
diseases; and five in the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, one from Measles, two from Diphtheria, and two from
Enteric Fever.
In Institutions in the Borough 106 deaths from Zymotic
diseases occurred of persons not belonging thereto, compared with
90 in 1906, and 89 in 1905. The increase in 1907 is largely due
to the increase in the number of deaths from Diphtheria.
Of these 101 occurred in the hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board at Tooting, 49 from Scarlet Fever, 45 from Diphtheria,
three from Measles, two from Enteric Fever, and two from
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
One death from Influenza and one from Erysipelas occurred
in the Middlesex County Asylum; one from Enteric Fever in the
Prison; and two from Influenza in the Royal Hospital for
Incurables.
Of the total deaths from this group of diseases, 50 occurred
in the Fever Hospitals at Tooting, two from Measles, 20 from
Scarlet Fever, and 28 from Diphtheria; and one death from
Erysipelas in the Tooting Home.
Compared with 1906, this shows an increase of seven deaths
from Scarlet Fever, and a decrease of three deaths from
Diphtheria.
The next Table shows the death-rates from these diseases for
the whole Borough and for each sub-district for the year 1907, as
well as for the preceding 10 years, and the rates above or below
the decennial average are also shown.