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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Special Hospitals, one from Measles, one from Scarlet Fever, two
from Influenza, two from Diphtheria, nine from Diarrhoea, two
from other Continued Fevers, one from Erysipelas, and four from
other Septic diseases; two in Public Lunatic Asylums, one from
Diarrhoea, and one from Erysipelas; and 11 in the Hospitals of
the Metropolitan Asylums Board, two from Scarlet Fever, four
from Diphtheria, four from Enteric Fever, and one from
Erysipelas.
In Institutions in the Borough 82 deaths from Zymotic
diseases occurred of persons not belonging thereto, compared with
106 in 1907, 90 in 1906, and 89 in 1905. The decrease in 1908 is
largely due to the decrease in the number of deaths from
Diphtheria.
Of these deaths, 73 occurred in the hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board at Tooting, 46 from Scarlet Fever, 27 from Diphtheria,
and one from Measles.
One death from Influenza occurred in the Tooting Home; one
from Influenza in the Royal Hospital for Incurables; and one from
Influenza in St. Anne's Home.
Of the total deaths from this group of diseases, 41 occurred
In the Fever Hospitals at Tooting, 17 from Scarlet Fever, and 24
from Diphtheria; and one death from Influenza in the Tooting
Home.
Compared with 1907, this shows a decrease of three deaths
from Scarlet Fever, and of four deaths from Diphtheria.
The next Table shows the death-rates from these diseases for
the whole Borough and for each sub-district for the year 1908, as
well as for the preceding 10 years, and the rates above or below
the decennial average are also shown.