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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
This rate was lowest in Streatham and highest in Tooting,
and the rates for Tubercular disease of the Lungs was lowest in
Putney and highest in Wandsworth.
The following Table shows the death-rate per 100,000 from
Tubercular disease of the Lungs for the whole Borough, and for
the separate sub-districts for the year, as well as for the preceding
10 years.

Compared with the decennial average the mortality from
Tubercular disease of the Lungs shows a large reduction, and the
rate recorded this year is the lowest on record.
The rate in Streatham, although not the lowest on record, is
yet exceptionally low for a district with nearly 100,000 population,
and the rate in Putney is even lower still, having been only 59 per
100,000 for the year.
One death from Tubercular disease of the Lungs occurred in
an infant under one year, seven in persons from one to five years,
eight from five to 15 years, 54 from 15 to 25 years, 182 from 25
to 65 years, and nine over 65 years. From other Tubercular
diseases 18 deaths occurred under one year, 34 from one to five
years, 19 from five to 15 years, six from 15 to 25 years, nine from
25 to 65 years, and five over 63 years.