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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Compared with the corrected decennial average there has been
an increase in the number of deaths from other Continued Fevers,
and a decrease in all the other Zymotics. The greatest decrease
occurred from Diarrhoea, Measles, Whooping Cough and
Diphtheria.
From all Zymotic diseases the death-rate was 114 per 1,000
(1.09 in Clapham, .94 in Putney, 1.03 in Streatham, 1.69 in Tooting,
and 1.17 in Wandsworth), compared with 1.34 in 1907, 1.70
in 1906, 1.57 in 1905, 1.93 in 1904, and 1.91 the decennial average.
The rate from the principal Zymotic diseases, viz.:—Smallpox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Enteric
Fever, and Diarrhœa, was .82 per 1,000 (.82 in Clapham, .61 in
Putney, .67 in Streatham, 1.34 in Tooting, and .86 in Wandsworth),
compared with .97 in 1907, 1.36 in 1906, 1.30 in 1905, 1.60
in 1904.
The rate in London was 1.37 per 1,000, compared with 1.37
in 1907, 1.94 in 1906, 1.68 in 1905, and 2.14 in 1904.
The rate for England and Wales was 1.29, compared with
1.26 in 1907; in the 76 Great Towns 1.59, compared with 1.54; in
the 142 Smaller Towns 1.26, compared with 1.29; and in Rural
England and Wales .99, compared with .91.
The rate for the year 1908 is the lowest yet recorded, and the
great decrease is due to the decrease in the number of deaths from
Diarrhoea, and to a less extent from Diphtheria, Measles, and
Whooping Cough.
In out-lying Institutions 54 deaths occurred from Zymotic
diseases (16 belonging to Clapham, four to Putney, 10 to Streatham,
six to Tooting, and 18 to Wandsworth), compared with 48
in 1907, 52 in 1906, 67 in 1905, and 58 in 1904.
Of these deaths 19 occurred in the Workhouse Infirmary, four
from Measles, one from Influenza, five from Whooping Cough,
three from Diarrhoea, one from Erysipelas, four from Puerperal
Fever, and one from other Septic diseases; 22 in General and