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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In the separate sub-districts of the Borough the corrected
death-rate was lowest in Streatham, viz. :—9.01, and highest in
Tooting, viz. :—12.14.
With the exception of Clapham the rate for the 53 weeks of
1908 was lower in all the sub-districts than the rate for the 52
weeks of 1907. The greatest reduction occurred in Tooting, where
the rate for 1907 was 13.25 and in 1908 12.14 per 1,000.
The rates in this Table do not agree with the rates in Table
XI., as the rates in the latter Table are calculated on the total
population without deducting the population of non-parishioners
in Public Institutions in the Borough.
The first Chart shows the death-rate in the Borough for each
fortnight compared with the average for the quinquennium 19031907.
This Chart shows that only on three occasions was the rate
higher, viz. :—the first and second fortnights of February, and the
first fortnight of March. In May, June, July, August, September
and October the fortnightly rates were much under the quinquennial
average, in the first fortnight of August the rate having been
only 6.80 per 1,000, compared with 10.52, the quinquennial'
average.
On only one occasion, viz. :—in the first fortnight of February
was the rate above 14 per 1,000, while on 15 occasions the rate
was under 10 per 1,000.
The next Chart shows the annual death-rate per 1,000 during
the 53 weeks of the year for the whole of London and for each
fortnight for the whole Borough.
During the whole year the rate was under the rate for the
whole of London, and this was specially the case in the first five
months of the year, and also in the months of October and
November.