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20 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The death-rate was .18 per 1,000 (in Clapham .13, in Putney
.14, in Streatham .18, in looting .25, and in Wandsworth
.20), compared with .17 in 1919, and .32 in 1918.
Of the total number of deaths from Diarrhoea registered,
50, or 80 per cent., were of infants under one year.
The number of deaths from Diarrhoea, Zymotic Enteritis,
and Enteritis under one year, represents 10.8 per cent. of the
total mortality at that age.
Tuberculous Diseases.
The total number of deaths from diseases of a Tuberculous
nature was 315.
257 of the deaths were due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 31 to
Tuberculous disease of the Brain, and 27 to other forms of
Tuberculous diseases.
The number of deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
other Tuberculous diseases, and the rates per 1,000 for the whole
Borough and for the separate sub-districts, are shown in the next
Table.