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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of cases notified was 581 (91 in Clapham,
39 in Putney, 137 in Streatham, 89 in Tooting, and 225 in Wandsworth),
compared with 629 in 1907, and 566 in 1906. This number,
although 46 above the uncorrected, is 114 under the corrected
decennial average
In Clapham there has been an increase of 12, in Putney a
decrease of 26, in Streatham a decrease of 20, in Tooting a
decrease of 49, and in Wandsworth an increase of 35, compared
with 1907.
The greatest number of cases occurred in Wandsworth and
the smallest in Putney.
The number of cases notified per 1,000 of population was
1.73, compared with 1.93 in 1907, and 1.79 in 1906, and in London
1.64, compared with 1.65 and 1.70.
469 or 80.7 per cent. of the cases were removed to hospital
where 33 died, and 112 or 19.3 per cent. were treated at home
with four deaths.
The case mortality was 6.3 per cent., compared with 6.3 in
1907, 8.9 in 1906, 8.9 in 1905, and 10.8 in 1904.
The case mortality for the whole of London for the year 1908
was 9.2 per cent., compared with 8.89 in 1907, 8.7 in 1906, and 8.5
in 1905.
The case mortality among cases treated in hospital was 7.03
per cent., and among those treated at home 3.6 per cent. The
great reduction in the mortality is to a large extent due to the
earlier use of antitoxin, both in the cases treated in hospital and
in those treated at home. During the year, however, a considerable
proportion of the cases admitted to hospital have been of a
more virulent type, and consequently the mortality is slightly
increased.
The following Table shows the number of cases, the caserate
per 1,000 living, for the year and for the 10 previous years,
the number of deaths and the death-rate for the whole Borough,
as well as for the separate sub-districts.
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