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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
19 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, two in Putney, six inStreatham,
five in Tooting-, and 13 in Wandsworth.
The number of deaths is 23 less than in 1907, and is 64.8
under the corrected decennial average.
14 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 28 from one
to five years, and three from five to 15 years; 93.3 per cent, of the
deaths having occurred under five years of age.
The death-rate was .14 per 1,000, compared with .21 in 1907,
21 in 1906, and .31 in 1905.
The death-rate for the whole of London was .31, compared
with .37 in 1907, for England and Wales .22, and for the 76 Great
Towns .31 per 1,000.
During the year, 1,506 visits were made by the Sanitary
Inspectors in cases of Measles, 267 in Clapham, 13 in Putney, 575
in Streatham, 177 in Tooting, and 474 in Wandsworth.
The next Table shows the number of premises disinfected
after Measles in each sub-district for each month of the year.
The total number of premises disinfected was 884 (139 in
Clapham, 11 in Putney, 311 in Streatham, 139 in Tooting, and
284 in Wandsworth), compared with 955 in 1907, 902 in 1906, 798
in 1905, and 1,115 in 1904-
The greatest number of disinfections was carried out in July,
this being due to outbreaks in Streatham and Tooting. The
greatest number of cases occurred in May, June and December.
In August, September, October and November the number of disinfections
was small as there were very few cases in any part of
the Borough.