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11
INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The total number of deaths from these diseases was 644 :—
130 in Clapham, 69 in Putney, 112 in Balham, 60 in Streatham,
78 in Tooting, and 195 in Wandsworth.
From all infective diseases the death-rate was 1.88 per
1,000:—2.08 in Clapham, 2.122 in Putney, 2.11 in Balham, 1.08
in Streatham, 1.95 in Tooting, and 1.95 in Wandsworth.
The rate is higher than in 1923, mainly owing to the increase
in the number of deaths from Influenza.
The rate in 1917 was 2.71 ; in 1918, 5.37 ; in 1919, 2.50 ;
in 1920, 1.96; in 1921, 2.26; in 1922, 2.28; and in 1923, 1.61.
The rate from the principal infective diseases, viz. :—Smallpox,
Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria, Enteric
Fever, and Diarrhoea, was .47 per 1,000, compared with .74 in
1916 ; .94 in 1917 ; .82 in 1918 ; .42 in 1919 ; .61 in 1920 ; .70
in 1921 ; .73 in 1922 ; and .39 in 1923. The rate was .40 in
Clapham, .32 in Putney, .32 in Balham, .21 in Streatham, .35
in Tooting, and .54 in Wandsworth.
The death-rate from these diseases for 1924 is higher than in
1923, the increase being almost wholly due to the increase in the
number of deaths from Influenza.
Table IX. shows the deaths which occurred during the year
from the notifiable and non-notifiable infective diseases, and
in Table X. is given the number of cases of the former diseases
which were reported. In both these Tables the cases are arranged
in age groups, and Tuberculosis and Ophthalmia Neonatorum
are not included as they are dealt with separately on pages 28
and 20 of this Report.
In Table XI. the cases of infective diseases are shown grouped
according to the Sub-districts in which they occurred.