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Report of the Medical Officer of tiealth.
The Tables which follow are inserted at the request of the
Local Government Board and show in detail the deaths of infants
under one year, arranged in monthly age periods and from certain
diseases.
1 able XIX. shows the deaths in the whole Borough and the
six following Tal les the deaths in each registration sub-district.
The total number of births was 6,985, of which 6,810 were
legitimate and 175 illegitimate, and the total deaths 601.
From the notifiable infectious diseases there was only one
death, from Diphtheria, the death occurring in the Southfield subdistrict.
From Measles there were 21 deaths, from Whooping Cough
26, from Diarrhceal diseases 92, from Wasting diseases 246, from
Tuberculous diseases 17, from diseases of the Respiratory Organs
115, from Convulsions 29, from simple Meningitis seven, from
Suffocation, overlying, seven, from Syphilis six, and from all other
causes 34.
Compared with 1908 there has been a decrease in the number
of deaths from the notifiable diseases, from Diarrhceal diseases,
from diseases of the Respiratory Organs, from Wasting diseases,
and an increase in the number of deaths from Measles and
Whooping Cough.
In all the deaths with four exceptions, one in Putney, two in.
Streatham, and one in Southfield, the cause of death was certified
by a medical man, or by a coroner after inquest.
37.4 per cent, of the deaths occurred in the first month, compared
with 32.9 in 1908, and 33.7 in 1907, the increase being
almost wholly due to the increase in the number of deaths from
Wasting Diseases; 54.4 per cent, in the first three months, compared
with 55.1 in 1908, and 53 in 1907; and 73 per cent, in the
first six months, compared with 77.3 and 73.
The Table also shows that 246, or 40.9 per cent, of the deaths
occurred from Wasting diseases, and of these 181, or 73.5 per