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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The increase in the percentage of births notified to those
registered was due to the fact that parents were written to when a
birth was registered informing them that the birth ought to have
been notified.
In the sub-districts these percentages were: In Clapham 97.1
and 2.9, compared with 76.0 and 24.0 in 1913; in Putney 95.8
and 4.2 compared with 70.9 and 29.1; in Streathan 90.2 and 9.8,
compared with 56.2 and 43.8; in Tooting 95.5 and 4.5 compared
with 56.7 and 43.2; and in Wandsworth 97.7 and 2.3. compared
with 86.5 and 13.5. An increase has taken place in all the subdistricts.
The proportion of still-births to total births notified was 19
per cent., compared with 2.3 per cent, in 1913, and 2.5 per cent.,
the mean for the whole of London for the year 1913.
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 52 weeks ending the 2nd January, 1915, 3,332
deaths, 1,590 of males and 1,742 of females were registered, compared
with 3,344 in 1913, 3,118 in 1912, and 3,456 in 1911.
Compared with 1913 there has been a decrease of 12 deaths,
and of 359 compared with the decennial average corrected for
increase of population.
The uncorrected death-rate for the Borough was 10.02 per
1,000, compared with 10.04 in 1913, 9.78 in 1912 and 1102 in 1911.
The average uncorrected rate for the decennium 1904-1913
was 11.22 or 1.20 above the rate for the year 1914.