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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 75
It is a most significant fact that the number of deaths from
Diarrhoea and Enteritis among 2,554 infants who were breast-fed
was only four, or a percentage mortality of .16, while among 542
infants who were otherwise fed the number of deaths was 44, or a
percentage mortality of 8.1. The mortality among infants otherwise
fed was thus 50 times greater than those breast-fed.
The mortality among the infants visited by the Inspectors
was only 34 per 1,000 births, compared with 92 per 1,000, the rate
for the Borough for the year.

Table: TABLE XXXIX.

TABLE XXXIX.

Wards.Under 1 month.1—2 months.2—3 months.3—4 months.4—5 months.5—6 months.6—7 months.7—8 | months.8—9 months.9—10 months.10—11 months.II —12 months.Total.
Clapham, North...112......11............6
Clapham, South......1333......1.........11
Putney...2311......1............8
Streatham......22...14...1.........10
Balham1...2332...1............12
Tooting124643...11...1...23
Southfield...12............2...2......7
Fairfield...1142......2.........111.
Springfield144122......31......18
Total31120221511586311106

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Tuberculous Diseases.
The total number of deaths from diseases of a Tuberculous
nature was 434, compared with 389 in 1914, 355 in 1913, and 366
in 1912.