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6o Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
20 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, eight in Putney, 21 in
Streatham, 24 in Tooting, and 79 in Wandsworth.
The number of deaths is 126 more than in 19x4, and is 57-9
above the corrected decennial average.
30 of the deaths were of infants under one year, 64 from one
and under two years, 40 from two and under five years, 17 from five
and under 15 years, and one from 15 and under 25 years; 88 per
cent, of the deaths having occurred under five years of age.
%
The death-rate was .45 per 1,000, compared with .07 in 1914
.36 in 1913, .16 in 1912, and .74 in 1911.
The death-rate for the whole of London was *50, compared
with .31 in 1914; for England and Wales .43; and for the 96 Great
Towns .50; for the 148 smaller towns .52; and for England and
Wales, less the 244 towns, .32 per 1,000.
During the year 3,194 visits were made in cases of this disease,
(compared with 621 in 1914), 337 in Clapham, 211 in Putney, 795
in Streatham, 751 in Tooting, and 1,100 in Wandsworth.
Table XXXIV. shows the number of cases of notifiable and
non-notifiable diseases notified by the teachers of the elementary
schools in the Borough.
In all, 6,512 cases were notified, compared with 5,802 in 1914,
4,907 in 1913, and 4,706 in 1912.
2,855 0f these were cases of Measles, 727 of Chicken-pox, 720 of
Whooping Cough, 541 of Mumps, and 257 of Ringworm.
There was an increase in the number of cases of Measles, and
a decrease in the number of cases of the other diseases.