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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The rate in the Union Infirmary showed a very slight increase,
but the rate in the General and Special Hospitals was the same as
the average.
Previous to 1908 these rates showed a tendency to increase,
the rate in 1907 having been 39.1 and in 1898 only 23.7, but in
1908 this rate dropped to 28.9, the greatest difference between
1907 and 1908 being in the rate in General and Special Hospitals.
Bacteriological Examination of Sputum.
72 examinations of sputum were made at the Lister Institute,
six from Clapham, four from Putney, 23 from Streatham, five
from Tooting, and 34 from Wandsworth.
In 21 of the cases it was reported that the bacillus had been
found, and in 51 that it was absent.
Circulatory Diseases.
From the above group of diseases 350 deaths occurred, 153 of
which, 69 males and 84 females, were due to Organic disease of
the Heart.
84 of these deaths occurred in Clapham, 36 in Putney, 103 in
Streatham, 33 in Tooting, and 94 in Wandsworth.
Of the deaths from Organic diseases of the Heart, one was
under one year, three were from one to five years, four from five
to 15 years, 14 from 15 to 25 years, 71 from 25 to 65 years, and
60 over 65 years.
The number of deaths in 1908 was 37 less than in 1907, and
83 under the corrected decennial average.