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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
(12) Tooting Graveney, Tooting. Eight rooms disinfected
after Scarlet Fever on the 9th November.
(13) Broadwater Road, Balham. Five rooms disinfected after
Scarlet Fever on the 23rd November.
(14) Private School, Streatham. Three rooms disinfected after
Diphtheria on the 29th November.
(15) St. Andrew's Street, Clapham. Three rooms disinfected
after Scarlet Fever on the 3rd December.
(16) Private School, Wandsworth. One room disinfected after
Scarlet Fever on the 14th December.
(17) Private School, Tooting. Five rooms disinfected after
Measles on the 21st December.
Epidemic Influenza.
45 deaths, 22 of males and 23 of females, were due to this
disease, compared with 24 in 1911, 55 in 1910, and 89 in 1909.
There has thus been an increase of 21 deaths compared with the
previous year, but a decrease of 28.6 compared with the corrected
decennial average.
11 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, four in Putney, 14 in
Streatham, two in Tooting, and 14 in Wandsworth.
The death-rate was .14 per 1,000, compared with .08 in 1911,
.18 in 1910, and .30 in 1909.
15 of the deaths were of persons from 25 to 65 years, and 19
of persons over 65 years.
Diarrhoea.
85 deaths, 46 of males and 39 of females, occurred from all
forms of Diarrhoea and Enteritis during the year, compared with
350 in 1911, 88 in 1910, 120 in 1909, 183 in 1908, 127 in 1907, and
307 in 1906. There has thus been a decrease of 265 in the number
of deaths from these diseases compared with the previous year,
and of 146.5 compared with the corrected decennial average.