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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Diarrhoea.
186 deaths, 106 of males and 80 females, occurred from all
forms of Diarrhoea and Enteritis during the year, compared with
168 in 1913, 85 in 1912, and 350 in 1911. There has thus been an
increase of 18 in the number of deaths from these diseases compared
with the previous year, but a decrease of 34.2 compared with the
corrected decennial average.
26 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 13 in Putney, 48 in
Streatham, 42 in Tooting, and 57 in Wandsworth.
In all the sub-districts, with the exception of Wandsworth
there was an increase compared with 1913.
The death-rate was .56 per 1,000 (in Clapham .42, in Putney
.44, in Streatham .46, in Tooting i ll, and in Wandsworth .59),
compared with 51 in 1913, .27 in 1912, and 1.13 in 1911.
The total number of deaths of children under two years was
161, equal to a rate of .49 per 1,000, compared with .47 in 1913,
and .22 in 1912, while the death-rate for the whole of London under
two years was .67 per 1,000, compared with .68.
Of the total number of deaths registered, 136 or 73 per cent.
were of infants under one year, compared with 78 per cent. in 1913,
70 per cent. in 1912, and 78 per cent. in 1911.
The following Table shows the number of deaths from Diarrhœa
and Enteritis under one year for the four quarters of 1914, and for
the five previous years,