London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Wandsworth 1912

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. i6£
Proportion per
1,000 Deaths from
all causes.
Notifiable Diseases 16.4
Measles i5'5
Influenza 13*6
Whooping Cough 17*3
Diarrhoea and Dysentery 25"8
Tuberculosis (all forms) 111.3
(Lungs) (92.1)
Bronchitis 83.2
Pneumonia 69.0
Cancer 102.7
Nervous Diseases 99.1
Circulatory Diseases 108.5
Premature Birth 38.6
Congenital Debility, etc. 34.3
Old Age 717
Digestive Diseases 53.0
Urinary Diseases 407
Violence 35.2
Other Causes 64.1
All Causes 1,000.0
Cutting-off Notices.
During the year 114 notices with respect to 126 premises were
received from the Water Board stating that the supply had been
withdrawn.
13 of the premises were in Clapham, 27 in Putney, 44 in Streatham,
12 in Tooting, and 30 in Wandsworth.
The supply was withdrawn for non-payment of rates from
45 premises, from 35 premises in consequence of defects, and in 46
the premises were empty.
Compared with 1911, there has been an increase of 14 in the
number of notices received, and of 23 in the number of premises
affected.