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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
38 of the deaths were of persons from 25 to 65 years, and 37
of persons over 65 years.
Diarrhoea.
101 deaths, 53 of males and 48 of females, occurred from
Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis during the year, compared with
65 in 1907, 218 in 1906, 137 in 1905, and 208 in 1904. There has
thus been an increase in the number of deaths from these diseases
compared with the previous year, but a decrease of 97^3, compared
with the corrected decennial average.
16 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, nine in Putney, 28 in
Streatham, 18 in Tooting, and 30 in Wandsworth.
In all the sub-districts the number of deaths was, with the
exception of Tooting, greater than in 1907, the greatest increase
having been in Streatham and Wandsworth.
In Clapham the number increased from 10 to 16, in Putney
from six to nine, in Streatham from 11 to 28, in Wandsworth
from 10 to 30, while in Tooting the number decreased from 28
to 18.
The death-rate was .30 per 1,000, compared with .20 in 1907,
and '70 in 1906. The death-rate for the whole of London also
shows a slight increase, it being .53, compared with .33 in 1907,
but in the three previous years the rates were: .95 in 1906, .72 in
1905, and ro3 in 1904.
The death-rate in the sub-districts was as follows:—In
Clapham .23, compared with .15 in 1907; in Putney .29, compared
with .19; in Streatham .27, compared with .11; in Tooting .57,
compared with .92 ; and in Wandsworth .31, compared with .10.
Of the total number of deaths registered, 74 or 73 per cent,
were of infants under one year, compared with 83 per cent, in
1907, 86 per cent, in 1906, and 87 per cent, in 1905.