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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
These differences are due to the different age and sex consttution
of the separate sub-districts, as well as to the differences insocial
conditions.
Infantile Mortality.
The total number of deaths of infants under one year was545>
compared with 601 in 1909, 720 in 1908, and 715 in 1907, and
is 402 under the decennial average corrected for increase of
population.
Of these, 84 occurred in Clapham, 40 in Putney, 124 in
Streatham, 92 in Tooting, and 205 in Wandsworth.
The infantile mortality, or deaths under one year to 1,000
births was 78, compared with 86 in 1909, 98 in 1908, 101 in 1907,.
125 in 1906, 118 in 1905, 123 in 1904, and no in 1903.
This rate was 67 in Clapham, compared with 83 in 1909 and
112 the decennial average; 81 in Putney, compared with 86 and'
118; 64 in Streatham, compared with 73 and 101 ; 92 in Tooting,,
compared with 98 and 145; and 89 in Wandsworth, compared;
with 89 and 119.
In the whole Borough the rate was eight per 1,000 births
under that for 1909, and 38 under the decennial average.
The rate in 1910 was much lower than any rate ever recorded,
and in each sub-district it shows a marked diminution as compared
with the decennial average, in Tooting showing a difference
of 53, in Clapham of 45, in Streatham and Putney of 37, and in
Wandsworth of 30 per 1,000, compared with that average.
The following Table shows the number of deaths, the percentage
to total deaths, the rate per 1,000 births for the year and
for the three previous years for each sub-district and for the
whole Borough.