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Wandsworth 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The death-rate in the sub-districts was as follows:—In Clapham
1.13, compared with .29 in 1910; in Putney .98, compared with
.32; in Streatham .8o, compared with .17; in Tooting 1.53, com
pared with .37; and in Wandsworth 1.36, compared with .38.
Of the total number of deaths registered, 274 or 78 per cent.
were of infants under one year, compared with 75 per cent. in
1910, 72 per cent. in 1909, 74 per cent. in 1908, and 78 per cent. in
1907.
The following Table shows the number of deaths from Diarrhoea
and Enteritis under one year for the four quarters of 1911, and for
the five previous years.

Table: TABLE LI.

TABLE LI.

1906.1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.
Total deaths under one year from Diarrhoea and Dysentery, including Epidemic Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis in first quarter of the year387542
Do. in second quarter427465
Do. in third quarter1703351351489
Do. in fourth quarter112298118
Total deaths under one year from other forms of Enteritis in first quarter of year91213159
Do. in second quarter46911911
Do. in third quarter4218223119110
Do. in fourth quarter162618151640

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89 out of a total of 104 deaths from Diarrhoea, and no out of a
total of 170 from Enteritis occurred in the third quarter of the
year. The proportion of deaths in this quarter to total deaths
from Diarrhoea is greater than in any of the five previous years
except in 1906.
The number of deaths from Diarrhoea, Zymotic Enteritis, and
Enteritis under one year represents 33 per cent. of the total mortality
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