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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Compared with the decennial average the rate was lower in
the whole Borough, and in all the sub-districts with the exception
of Wandsworth, where it was 5 per 100,000 higher.
The rate n Clapham for 1914 is the same as it was in 1913,
and is 12 under the decennial average, in Putney it was 23 per
100,000 above the rate for 1913, but 3 under the corrected decennial
average.
In Streatham it is five under the rate for 1913, and four under
the decennial average.
In Tooting the rate is higher than it was in 1913, but is 11 under
the decennial average, while in Wandsworth the rate was 13 higher
than in 1913, and 5 above the decennial average.
This last sub-district has always had a higher average mortality
from Pulmonary Tuberculosis than the other sub-districts.
One death from Pulmonary Tuberculosis occurred in an infant
under one year, one from one and under two years, two in persons
from two and under five years, five from five and under 15 years,
52 from 15 and under 25 years, 143 from 25 and under 45 years, 79
from 45 and under 65 years, and 22 over 65 years. From other Tuberculous
diseases nine deaths occurred under one year, 13 from one