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30 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In the separate sub-districts of the Borough the corrected
death-rate was 10.37 in Streatham, 10.43 in Tooting, 10.69 in
Putney, 10.99 in Clapham, and 12.77 in Wandsworth.
The rates in all the sub-districts were higher than in 1912, with
the exception of Clapham which was lower, and was due to causes
which will be commented on in another part of this Report.
Table XVIII. shows the death-rate in the Borough, in the five
sub-districts, and in England and Wales for the year, as well as the
rates for the previous 10 years, compared with the decennial average
During the previous decennium the lowest mortality in the
Borough and in London was in 1910, while it was lowest in England
and Wales in the year 1912. The rate in 1913, although higher
than in 1910 and 1912 is in all the sub-districts considerably lower
than the average of the previous 10 years. Compared with London
and with England and Wales the Borough rate is considerably
lower.