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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Compared with the decennial average the rate was lower
in the whole Borough, but the sub-district of Streatham has
an increased rate compared with that average, while Clapham,
Putney, Tooting and Wandsworth are lower, the reduction in
Tooting having been as much as 31 per 100,000.
The rate in Clapham for 1913 is lower than it was in 1912,
and is 12 under the decennial average, in Putney it was the lowest
rate ever recorded, being 42 per 100,000 under the rate for 1912,
and 29 under the corrected decennial average.
In Streatham, which is the only sub-district which shows an
increase, both compared with 1912 and with the decennial average,
the increase was slight and no definite reason can be given other
than that in portions of this sub-district the social status of the
population has somewhat changed during the past few years.
In Tooting the rate is much lower than it was in 1912, and is
31 under the decennial average, while in Wandsworth the rate
compares favourably with that for 1912, and is 10 under the decennial
average.
This last sub-district has always had a higher average mortality
from Pulmonary Tuberculosis than the other sub-districts, and
it is satisfactory to observe that in 1913 there has been a slight
reduction compared with the decennial average.