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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 33
All the cases were visited, and when requested by the medical
attendant or householder, the premises, &c., were disinfected by
the sanitary staff of the Council.
Other Infective Diseases.
Nineteen deaths occurred (three in Clapham, three in Putney,
six in Streatham, three in Tooting, and four in Wandsworth).
Four were under one year of age, two from five and under 15
years, one from 15 and under 25 years, four from 25 and under
45 years, five from 45 and under 65 years of age, and three over
65 years.
Six of the deaths were due to syphilis, six to septicaemia, three
to malaria, two to encephalitis lethargica, one to dysentery, and
one to tetanus.
NON-INFECTIVE DISEASES MORTALITY.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these for
the year, as well as for the previous decennium for the whole Borough,
corrected for External and Internal Institutions.

(9323)Q D