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Wandsworth 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Including Enteritis, the total number of deaths was 183, compared
with 127 in 1907, 289 in 1906, 203 in 1905, and 301 in 1904.
Of these 183 deaths, 136 or 74 per cent, were of infants under one
year.
The following Table shows the number of deaths from Diar rhœa and Enteritis under one year for the four quarters of 1908, and for the five previous years.
| 1903 | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total deaths under one year from Diarrhoea and Dysentery, including Epidemic Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis in first quarter of the year | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| Do. in second quarter | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Do. in third quarter | 45 | 160 | 108 | 170 | 33 | 51 |
| Do. in fourth quarter | 25 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 9 |
| Total deaths under one year from other forms of Enteritis in first quarter of year | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 |
| Do. in second quarter | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Do. in third quarter | 21 | 38 | 36 | 42 | 18 | 22 |
| Do. in fourth quarter | 13 | II | 7 | 16 | 26 | 18 |
51 out of a total of 74 deaths from Diarrhoea, and 22 out of a
total of 62 from Enteritis occurred in the third quarter of the
year. The proportion of deaths in this quarter to total deaths
from Diarrhœa is much smaller than in previous years with the
exception of 1907, and was due to the fact that the mean temperature
in that quarter was much under the average.
The number of deaths from Diarrhoea, Zymotic Enteritis, and
Enteritis under one year represents 19 per cent, of the total mortality
at that age, compared with 13.8 per cent, in 1907, 33 per
cent, in 1906, 21.1 per cent, in 1903, and 28.8 per cent, in 1904, so
that the diminution of the mortality under one year is, as in the