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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Nine of the deaths occurred in Clapham, seven in Putney,
15 in Streatham, 25 in Tooting, and 29 in Wandsworth.
In all the sub-districts there was a very large decrease compared
with 1911.
The death-rate was .27 per 1,000, compared with 113 in 1911,
.30 in 1910, .41 in 1909, .64 in 1908, .46 in 1907, and 1.15 in 1906,
and was the lowest on record.
The total number of deaths of children under two years was
70, equal to a rate of .22 per 1000, compared with .97 in 1911,
while the death-rate for the whole of London under two years was
.31 per 1,000, compared with 1.17
The death-rate in the sub-districts was as follows:—In Clapham
.15 compared with 1.13 in 1911; in Putney .24, compared with
.98; in Streatham .15, compared with .80; in Tooting 70, compared
with 1.53; and in Wandsworth .31, compared with 1.36.
Of the total number of deaths registered, 60 or 70 per cent,
were of infants under one year, compared with 78 per cent, in 1911,
75 per cent, in 1910, and 72 per cent, in 1909.
The following Table shows the number of deaths from Diarrhoea
and Enteritis under one year for the four quarters of 1912, and for
the five previous years.