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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In the separate sub-districts of the Borough the corrected
death-rate was 8.89 in Streatham, 10.28 in Putney, 1084 in
Wandsworth, 11.01 in Clapham, and 12.60 in Tooting.
The rates for Clapham, Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth
were higher than in 1908, while that for Streatham was lower.
The increase in the rate for the whole Borough was very small,
being only 13 per 1,000, and was due to the great mortality in the
first quarter of the year from Diseases of the Respiratory Organs
caused by the severe climatic conditions.
The rates in this Table do not agree with the rates in Table
XI., as the rates in the latter Table are calculated on the total
population without deducting the population of non-parishioners
in Public Institutions in the Borough.
The first Chart shows the death-rate in the Borough for each
fortnight compared with the average for the quinquennial 19041908.
The Chart shows that only 011 four occasions was the fortnightly
rate above the rate for the five years 1904-1908, viz. :—011 the fortnight
ending the 27th February, the fortnights ending the 13th and 27th
March, and the fortnight ending the 10th April. In all the other
months of the year the rate was below the average, and this was
specially the case in July, August and September. The highest
rate, 19.58, occurred in the fortnight ending the 13th March, while
the lowest rate, viz. :—7.24, occurred in the fortnight ending the
31st July.
The next Chart shows the annual death-rate per 1,000 during
each week of the year for the whole of London, and for each fortnight
for the Borough of Wandsworth.
During the whole year the rate for this Borough was considerably
under the rate for the whole of London. The highest
rate in London was in the second and third week of March, and
the lowest in the fourth week of July. The rates both in the
Borough and in London only increased slightly in the months of
August and September as the mortality from Diarrhoea again wag
less severe,