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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
This Table shows that the rates for the present year are much
higher than the average for the past 10 years.
The rate in the Union Infirmaries shows an increase compared
with the decennial average, and also compared with 1910, and
the rate in the General and Special Hospitals has also increased.
Bacteriological Examination of Sputum.
170 examinations of sputum were made at the Lister Institute:
18 from Clapham, 12 from Putney, 66 from Streatham, 10 from
Tooting, 64 from Wandsworth.
In 42 of the cases it was reported that the bacillus had Becn
found, and in 128 that it was absent.
Other Septic Diseases.
21 deaths were caused by other Septic diseases, three in Clapham,
two in Putney, five in Streatham, four in Tooting, and seven
in Wandsworth.
Of these 13 were stated to have Becn due to Syphilis, seven
'to Septicemia, and one to Tetanus.
The following Table shows the death-rate from Infective
diseases for the whole Borough for the year, as well as for the
five previous years.