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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of cases notified was 552, (66 in Clapham,
57 in Putney, 91 in Streatham, 107 in Tooting, and 231 in Wandsworth),
compared with 430 in 1913, 431 in 1912, and 510 in 1911.
This number was 32 above the corrected, and 96 above the uncorrected
decennial average.
In all the sub-districts, (with the exception of Clapham and
Streatham), there has been an increase compared with 1913, in
Putney of 38, in Tooting of 21, and in Wandsworth of 94, while
in Clapham the decrease was 17, and in Streatham 14.
The greatest number of cases occurred in Wandsworth, and
the smallest in Putney.
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The number of cases notified per 1,000 of population was i-68,
compared with 1.34 in 1913, 1.37 in 1912, and 1.65 in 1911 ; and in
London 2.0, compared with 1.6, 1.57, 1.7, and 1.13.
464, or 84.0 per cent, of the cases were removed to hospital
where 33 died, and 88 or 16 per cent, were treated at home with
eight deaths.
The case mortality was 7.4 per cent., compared with 4.2 in
1913, 4.1 in 1912, and 6.6 in 1911.
The case mortality for the whole of London for the year 1914
was 7.7 per cent., compared with 5.6 in 1913, 7.4 in 1912, and 8.3
in 1911.
The case mortality among cases treated in hospital was 7.1
per cent., and among those treated at home g-o per cent.
The following Table shows the number of cases, the case-rate
per 1,000 living, for the year and for the 10 previous years, the
number of deaths and the death-rate for the whole Borough, as
well as for the separate sub-districts,