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32 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The first Chart shows the death-rate in the Borough for each
fortnight, compared with the quinquennial average 1908-1912.
The Chart shows that on eight fortnights the rate was above
that for the previous quinquennium, viz.:—on the fortnights ending
the 18th January, 1st and 15th March, 26th April, 6th and 20th
September, 22nd November, and 3rd January, 1914.
During the rest of the year the fortnightly rate was under
the quinquennial rate. The highest rate, viz.—15.44, occurred during
the fortnight ending the 1st March and this was due to the great
number of deaths from Respiratory diseases and Measles; and the
lowest rate during the fortnight ending the 16th August, when it
was 7.28 per 1,000.
The next Chart shows the Annual Death-rate per 1,000 during
each week of the year for the whole of London and for each fortnight
for the Borough of Wandsworth.
During the year the rate in each fortnight in this Borough was
under the rate for the whole of London. The highest rate in London
was in the week ending the 3rd January, 1914, and the lowest in
the first week of August.
Table XIX. shows the vital statistics of the whole Borough for
the year and for the previous 10 years, as well as the average
for the 10 years.
This Table shows clearly the variations in the births and deaths,
the birth and death-rates, and the infantile mortality for the decennium,
compared with the year 1913.
Compared with the decennial average there has been a considerable
decrease in the birth ate, and a marked decrease in the
death-rate, while the infantile. tality also shows a most satisfactory
decrease, although this latter is not so low as it was in 1910
and 1912.
It will also be seen that there has been an increase of 287
deaths of residents outside the Borough, compared with the 10
years' average.
The corrected death-rate, although somewhat higher than it was
in 1910 and 1912, is much under the 10 years' average.