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Wandsworth 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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The next Table shows the death-rates from these diseases for
the whole Borough and for each sub-district for the year 1915, as
well as for the preceding 10 years, and the rates above or below
the decennial average are also shown.
TABLE XXIII.
| Sub-Districts. | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1915 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate above decennial average. | Rate below decennial average. | ||||||||||||
| Clapham | 3.06 | 3.67 | 2.66 | 2.82 | 2.87 | 2.09 | 3.69 | 2.41 | 2.19 | 2.32 | 2.71 | ... | •07 |
| Putney | 3.32 | 3.19 | 2.36 | 2.36 | 2.58 | 2.36 | 2.57 | 1.92 | 2.10 | 1.85 | 2.82 | .36 | ... |
| Streatham | 2.44 | 2.88 | 2.18 | 2.58 | 2.05 | 1.82 | 2.89 | 1.60 | 1.83 | 2.20 | 2.26 | .04 | ... |
| Tooting | 5.47 | 6.17 | 5.53 | 3.90 | 4.04 | 2.56 | 4.84 | 2.60 | 3.16 | 3.35 | 3.74 | ... | .38 |
| Wandsworth. | 4.01 | 4.16 | 3.76 | 3.39 | 3.35 | 2.57 | 4.65 | 2.56 | 3.04 | 2.85 | 3.81 | .38 | ... |
| Borough | 3.38 | 3.73 | 3.07 | 2.98 | 2.85 | 2.23 | 3.74 | 2.18 | 2.43 | 2.21 | 3.01 | .13 | ... |
The death-rate was thus -8o above the rate for 1914 and '13
above the decennial average.
The rate in all the sub-districts was higher than in the previous
year, but in Clapham and Tooting it was lower than the decennial
average.
Notification of Infective Diseases.
The total number of cases of infective diseases notified during
the year is shown in Table II. of the Local Government Board's
Table at page 22.
The number of cases notified in this Borough for the year
and for the previous 10 years is shown in the following Table, as
also the number above or below the corrected decennial average.