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Wandsworth 1922

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

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16 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
It is satisfactory to note that the Infantile Mortality was only
60 per 1,000 births, and was the lowest ever recorded in the Borough.
This low mortality was largely due to the low number of deaths
from Diarrhoea and Enteritis, from which causes there were only
19 deaths of infants, compared with 81 in the previous year.
The Infantile Mortality among legitimate infants was 59 per
1,000 legitimate births, and among illegitimate infants 111 per
1,000 illegitimate births, or nearly twice as great.
INFECTIVE DISEASES MORTALITY.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these diseases
during the year and for the 10 previous years. The corrected
decennial average is also shown.

Table: Table XV.

Table XV.

1912.1913.1914.1915.1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.10 years average corrected for increase of population.1922.
Small-pox........................
Scarlet Fever111113225133711201219
Diphtheria181841535537354168644476
Typhus Fever........................
Enteric Fever855657522752
Cont'd Fever........................
Puerperal Fever1113949681614193
Cholera........................
Erysipelas5611956719553
Measles51116261522212945184746372
Whooping Cough572353664929581519284144
Influenza4559589074568343109981177148
Diarrhoea85168186125957896586210811032
Tuberculous Diseases366355389434396424455342315390403343
Cerebro-spinal Fever111201611894373
Other Infective Diseases272232201921181222312319
Totals6857978241,0017508171,572831672742906764