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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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The rate is much lower than in 1919, owing to the diminution
in the number of deaths from Influenza, Pulmonary Tuberculosis,
and Diarrhoea.
The rate in 1914 was 2.21; in 1915, 3.01; in 1916, 2.36;
in 1917, 2.71; in 1918, 5. 37; and in 1919, 2.50 per 1,000.
The rate from the principal infective diseases, viz.:—Smallpox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria,
Enteric Fever, and Diarrhoea, was .61 per 1,000 (.53 in Clapham,
.48 in Putney, .60 in Streatham, .72 in Tooting, and .72
in Wandsworth), compared with .99 in 1914, 1.24 in 1915,
.74 in 1916, .94 in 1917, .82 in 1918, and .42 in 1919.
The rate for 1920 is higher than in 1919, but lower than the
previous five years, owing to the increased number of deaths
from Diphtheria.
Scarlet Fever.
The total number of deaths was eleven, and the death-rate
per 1,000 .03. The case mortality was .75 per cent.
Diphtheria.
The total number of deaths was 68 (eight in Clapham, four
in Putney, 24 in Streatham, 15 in Tooting, and 17 in Wandsworth),
and the death-rate per 1,000 was .19. The case
mortality was 6.1 per cent.
Enteric Fever.
The number of dfeaths was two, the death-rate was .005 per
1,000, and the case mortality eight per cent.
The number of deaths from this disease was the same as in
1919, and was the lowest on record.
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