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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
From all causes the rate was, as in the previous year, highest
under one week and lowest at 11 to 12 months.
Table XXX. shows the infantile mortality per 1,000 births
from all causes and from certain causes for the whole Borough
and for each sub-district.
From Premature Birth the rate was lowest in Putney and
highest in Tooting, from Development diseases highest in
Wandsworth and lowest in Clapham, from Diarrhoeal diseases
highest in Tooting and lowest in Putney, from Measles and
Whooping Cough highest in Wandsworth and lowest in Clapham,
from Respiratory diseases highest in Tooting and lowest in
Streatham, from Tubercular diseases highest in Putney and
lowest in Clapham, and from other causes highest in Tooting and
lowest in Clapham.
The Table also shows the rates for certain groups of diseases
compared with the five previous years. In all the groups there
has been a reduction compared with the average, but it is greatest
in the case of the Diarrhœa rate. In the sub-districts the greatest
reduction in this rate has occurred in Tooting and the least in
Streatham.
It was noted in the Report for 1909 that the Infantile mortality
rate was the lowest on record, but in 1910 there was a still
further reduction, viz. :—from 86 to 78 per 1,000, and this reduction
occurred in all the sub-districts.
The climatic conditions were this year again unfavourable
for Diarrhoea and digestive diseases of infants, while the deaths
from diseases of the Respiratory Organs were also influenced by
these conditions.
In July, August and September, the temperature was above
the average on only 15 days out of 92, and then only slightly
above, while the number of days on which rain fell was in July
and August much above the average.