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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
13
INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from these diseases was 546, 104 in
Clapham, 40 in Putney, 74 in Balham, 77 in Streatham, 68 in
Tooting, and 183 in Wandsworth.
From all infective diseases the death-rate was 1.61 per 1,000
(1.67 in Clapham, 1.30 in Putney, l.37 in Balham, 1.40 in Streatham,
1.71 in Tooting, and 1.85 in Wandsworth).
The rate is much lower than in 1922, owing to the decrease
in the number of deaths from Diphtheria, Measles and Influenza.
The rate in 1917 was 2.71; in 1918, 5.37; in 1919, 2.50; in
1920, 1.96; in 1921, 2.26; and in 1922, 2.28.
The rate from the principal infective diseases, viz.:—Small-pox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Enteric
Fever, and Diarrhœa, was .39 per 1,000 (.40 in Clapham, .32 in
Putney,.32 in Balham, .21 in Streatham, .35 in Tooting, and .54 in
Wandsworth), compared with .74 in 1916, .94 in 1917, .82 in 1918,
.42 in 1919, .61 in 1920, .70 in 1921, and .73 in 1922.
The rate for 1923 is much lower than in 1922. The decrease
compared with 1922 is almost wholly due to the decrease in the
number of deaths from Diphtheria, Measles and Influenza.
The following Table shows the deaths from these diseases,
arranged in various age groups.