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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 17
In the sub-districts these percentages were:—In Clapham
76.0 and 24.0, compared with 76.6 and 23.4 in 1912; in Putney
70.9 and 29.0 compared with 66.9 and 33.1 ; in Streatham 56.2
and 43.7, compared with 57.6 and 42.4; in Tooting 567 and 43.2
compared with 58.2 and 41.8; and in Wandsworth 86.5 and 13.5,
compared with 81.2 and 18.8. An increase has taken place in
Putney and Wandsworth, but a decrease in Clapham, Streatham
and Tooting.
The proportion of still-births to total births notified was 2.3
per cent., compared with 2.2 per cent. in 1912, and with 2.3 per
cent., the mean for the whole of London for the year 1912.
The work carried out by the female Sanitary Inspectors in
connection with the Notification of Births Act is given later on in
this Report when dealing with Infantile Mortality.
Deaths.
During the 53 weeks ending the 3rd January, 1914, 3,344
deaths, 1,612 of males and 1,732 of females were registered, compared
with 3,118 in 1912, 3,456 in 1911, and 2,856 in 1910.
Compared with 1912 there has been an increase of 226 deaths,
but a decrease of 480 compared with the decennial average corrected
for increase of population.
A still larger decrease in the number of deaths has occurred if
the number of deaths be corrected for the additional week included
in 1913.
The total number of deaths after this correction was 162 more
than in 1912, but 544 less than the corrected decennial average.
It is important to note that all the rates per 1,000 population
for the year 1913 have been reduced by the fraction so as to
compared more exactly with the rates in previous years.