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146 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
This Table shows that the rates for the present year are
higher than the average for the past 10 years, and also than the
rates in 1908.
The rate in the Union Infirmary showed a considerable
increase, and the rate in the General and Special Hospitals has
also increased, but not so greatly.
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, in 1909, however, rising again to
27.1 in the Union Infirmary, and 11.7 in General and Special
Hospitals.
Bacteriological Examination of Sputum.
105 examinations of sputum were made at the Lister Institute :
11 from Clapham, one from Putney, 41 from Streatham, seven
from Tooting, and 45 from Wandsworth.
In 35 of the cases it was reported that the bacillus had been
"found, and in 70 that it was absent.
Circulatory Diseases.
From the above group of diseases 366 deaths occurred, 168
of which, 74 males and 94 females, were due to Organic disease
of the Heart.
80 of these deaths occurred in Clapham, 34 in Putney, 114 in
Streatham, 42 in Tooting, and 96 in Wandsworth.
Of the deaths from Organic diseases of the Heart, 11 were
from five to 15 years, 15 from 15 to 25 years, 73 from 25 to 65
years, and 69 over 65 years.