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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Compared with the corrected decennial average there has
been an increase in the number of deaths from other Continued
Fevers, but a decrease in all the other Zymotic diseases.
From all Zymotic diseases the death-rate was .76 per 1,000
(.69 in Clapham, .81 in Putney, '62 in Streatham, .94 in Tooting,
and .89 in Wandsworth), compared with 1.17 in 1909, 1,14 in 1908,
1.34 in 1907, 1.70 in 1906, 1.57 in 1905, 1.93 in 1904, and 1.66 the
decennial average.
The rate from the principal Zymotic diseases, viz.:—Smallpox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria,
Enteric Fever, and Diarrhoea, was .54 per 1,000 (.47 in Clapham,
.53 in Putney, .40 in Streatham, .72 in Tooting, and .68 in Wandsworth),
compared with .81 in 1909, .82 in 1908, .97 in 1907, 1.36
in 1906, 1.30 in 1905, and 1.60 in 1904.
The rate in London was 1.14 per 1,000, compared with 1.30 in
1909, 1.37 in 1908, 1.37 in 1907, 1.94 in 1906, r68 in 1905, and
2.14 in 1904.
The rate for England and Wales was '99, compared with
1.12 in 1909; in the 77 Great Towns 1.23, compared with 1.42
in the 136 Smaller Towns .88, compared with 1.08; and in Rural
England and Wales .74, compared with '80.
In out-lying Institutions 58 deaths occurred from Zymotic
diseases (eight belonging to Clapham, three to Putney, 14 to
Streatham, four to Tooting, and 29 to Wandsworth), compared
with 96 in 1909, 54 in 1908, 48 in 1907, 52 in 1906, 67 in 1905, and
58 in 1904.
Of these deaths 34 occurred in Workhouse Infirmaries, 13
from Measles, one from Influenza, 16 from Whooping Cough, two
from Diarrhoea, and two from other Septic diseases; 13 in General
and Special Hospitals, one from Whooping Cough, three from
Diarrhoea, three from other Continued Fevers, one from Puerperal
Fever, one from Erysipelas, and four from other Septic
diseases; three in Public Lunatic Asylums, two from Measles and
one from Diarrhoea; and eight in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board, three from Scarlet Fever, one from Diphtheria,
and four from Enteric Fever.