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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In Table IV. of the Local Government Board's Tables these
deaths are shown for the whole Borough at certain groups of ages,
and the Tables for the separate sub-districts are included in the
Appendix.
The total number of births was 6,383, of which 5,987 were
legitimate and 396 illegitimate, and of deaths 590, of which 531
were legitimate and 59 illegitimate.
From the notifiable infective diseases six deaths occurred
during the year, one from Scarlet Fever in Wandsworth, and five
from Diphtheria, two in Clapham, two in Tooting and one in
Wandsworth.
From Measles there were 30 deaths, a considerable increase
compared with the previous year. From Whooping Cough there
were 28 deaths, from Diarrhoeal diseases 98, from Premature Birth
90, from other diseases of infancy 129, from Tuberculous diseases
15, from diseases of the Respiratory Organs 105, from Convulsions
25, from Syphilis five, from Suffocation (overlying) four, and from
other causes 55.
Compared with 1914 there has been an increase in the number
of deaths from Measles, Whooping Cough, Tuberculous diseases,
Respiratory diseases and Convulsions, but a decrease in the number
from Diarrhoea, Premature birth and Syphilis.
In all the deaths, with four exceptions, two in Clapham, one
in Streatham, and one in Wandsworth, the cause of death was
certified by a medical man, or by a coroner after inquest.
34.9 per cent, of the deaths occurred in the first month, compared
with 38.0 in 1914, 37.7 in 1913, and 44.7 in 1912; 48.9 in the
first three months, compared with 55.0, 56-0 and 65.3; and 64.4 in
the first six months, compared with 75.7, 74.2 and 80.6.
The Table shows that 90 died from Premature Birth, of which
82 occurred under one month, and 107 from Congenital Debility