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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Deaths.
During the 53 weeks ending the 2nd January, 1909, 3,230
deaths, 1,560 of males and 1,670 of females, were registered in the
Borough, compared with 3,337 in 1907, 3,341 in 1906, and 3,241
in 1905.
The total number of deaths is 107 less than in 1907, and 872
less than the decennial average corrected for increase of
population.
A still larger decrease in the number of deaths has occurred
if the number of deaths be corrected for the additional week
included in 1908.
The total number of deaths after correction was 169 less than
in 1907, and 934 less than the corrected decennial average.
It is important to note that all the rates per 1,000 for the year
1908 should be reduced by the fraction 3/3 6/7 4/1 so as to compare more
exactly with the rates in previous years.
The uncorrected death-rate for the Borough was 9.63 per
1,000, compared with 10.24 in 1907, 10.57 in 1906, and 11.12 in
1905.
The average for the decennium 1898-1907 was 12.21, or 2.58
above the rate for the year 1908.
In the separate sub-districts this rate shows considerable
variation, in Streatham the rate being only 7.17, while in Tooting
it was 24.16. The reason for this high rate in Tooting is that in
that sub-district there are a large number of Public Institutions,
as the Fever Hospitals, Tooting Home, and Tooting Bee Asylum,
where persons from other localities are received, and among whom
the mortality is very high.