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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 67
Diarrhœa.
125 deaths, 63 of males and 62 of females, occurred from all
forms of Diarrhoea and Enteritis during the year, compared with
186 in' 1914, 168 in 1913, and 85 in 1912. There has thus been a
decrease'of 61 in the number of deaths from these diseases compared
with the previous year, and of 777 compared with the corrected
decennial average.
24 of the deaths occurred in Clapham, 10 in Putney, 25 in
Streatham, 32 in Tooting, and 44 in Wandsworth.
In all the sub-districts there was a decrease compared with
1914.
The death-rate was .37 per 1,000 (in Clapham .38, in Putney
.34, in Streatham .23, in Tooting .83, and in Wandsworth .45),
compared with .37 in 1914, .51 in 1913, and .27 in 1912.
The total number of deaths of children under two years was
116, equal to a rate of 34 per 1,000, compared with .49 in 1914, and
.47 in 1913, while the death-rate for the whole of London under two
years was .56 per 1,000, compared with .67.
Of the total number of deaths registered, 99 or 78 per cent, were
of infants under one year, compared with 73 per cent, in 1914, 78 per
cent, in 1913, and 70 per cent, in 1912.
The following Table shows the number of deaths from Diarrhœa
and Enteritis under one year for the four quarters of 1915 and for
the five previous years.
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