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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In Clapham the number decreased from 10 to three, in
Tooting from 14 to four, and in Wandsworth from 19 to 17, while
in Putney the number increased from two to three, and in Streatham
from seven to eight.
The death-rate was .10 per 1,000, compared with .15 in 1909,
.30 in 1908, .20 in 1907, and .70 in 1906. The death-rate for the
whole of London also shows a decrease, it being .28, compared
with .32 in 1909, but in the three previous years the rates were:
.53 in 1908, .33 in 1907, and .95 in 1906.
The death-rate in the sub-districts was as follows:—In
Clapham .04, compared with .14 in 1909; in Putney 09, compared
with .06; in Streatham .07, compared with '06; in Tooting 12,
compared with .43; and in Wandsworth .17, compared with .19.
Of the total number of deaths registered, 29 or 83 per cent.
were of infants under one year, compared with 80 per cent. in
1909, 73 per cent. in 1908, 83 per cent. in 1907, 86 per cent. in
1906, and 87 per cent. in 1905.
Including Enteritis, the total number of deaths was 88, compared
with 124 in 1909, 183 in 1908, 127 in 1907, 289 in 1906,
203 in 1905, and 301 in 1904. Of these 88 deaths, 66 or 75 per
cent. were of infants under one year.
The following Table shows the number of deaths from
Diarrhoea and Enteritis under one year for the four quarters of
1910, and for the five previous years.