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22 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 1909-1913.
The Chart shows that on 13 fortnights the rate was above
that for the previous quinquennium.
During the rest of the year the fortnightly rate was under
the quinquennial rate. The highest rate, viz.:—14.4, occurred
during the fortnight ending the 17th January and this was due to
the great number of deaths from Respiratory diseases ; and the
lowest rate during the fortnight ending the 18th July, when it was
7.1 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 2nd January, 1915, and the lowest in
the fourth week of July.
Table XIV. 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 1914.
Compared with the decennial average there has been a considerable
decrease in the birth-rate, and a decrease in the deathrate,
while the infantile mortality 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 323
deaths of residents outside the Borough, compared with the 10
years' average.
The corrected death-rate, although somewhat higher than it
was in 1910 1912 and 1913, is still under the 10 years' average.