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Wandsworth 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The next Table shows the death-rate per 100,000 for each of
the sub-districts and for the whole Borough for the year and for
the 10 preceding years.
TABLE L1V.
| Sub-District. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903- | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 117 | 131 | 96 | 94 | io4 | 109 | 95 | 107 | 73 | 79 | 104 |
| Putney | 85 | 59 | 103 | 70 | 82 | 97 | 93 | 100 | 102 | 88 | 79 |
| Streatham | 39 | 67 | 84 | 61 | ioi | 84 | 109 | 86 | 80 | 81 | 91 |
| Tooting. | 39 | ioi | 70 | 70 | 58 | 52 | 55 | 87 | 47 | 73 | 5° |
| Wandsworth | 71 | 51 | 70 | 48 | 63 | 89 | 103 | 83 | 80 | 87 | 78 |
| Whole Borough | 79 | 78 | 84 | 62 | 81 | 90 | 98 | 92 | 78 | 82 | 86 |
Compared with 1906, there has been an increase in this rate
in Clapham and Streatham, and a decrease in Putney, Tooting and
Wandsworth.
With regard to the increase in the rate from this disease
there is no doubt that a considerable proportion of the increase is
due to the increase in the age constitution and also, as the Registrar
General in his decennial report remarks, to the more frequent
detection of internal Cancer as a result either of operation or of
post-mortem examination.
Tubercular Diseases.
The total number of deaths from diseases of a Tuberculous
nature was 352, compared with 376 in 1906, 360 in 1905, and 380
in 1904.
261 of the deaths were due to Tubercular disease of the
Lungs, 41 to Tubercular disease of the Brain, and 50 to other
forms of Tubercular diseases.