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INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The number of deaths from notifiable infectious diseases,
including all forms of Tuberculosis, was 335, compared with 414
in 1934. This fall is due to the smaller number of deaths from
Diphtheria, Pneumonia and Tuberculosis. There were also 51
deaths from non-notifiable diseases of an infective nature, viz.:—
two from Measles, 11 from Whooping Cough and 38 from Influenza.
From all infective diseases the death-rate was 1.14 per
1,000—1-33 in Clapham, 1.09 in Putney, .99 in Balham, 1.11
in Streatham, 1.07 in Tooting, and 1.17 in Wandsworth.
The rate in 1930 was 2.26; in 1931, 1.44; in 1932, 1.62;
1933, 1.75; and in 1934, 1.35 per 1,000.
The rate from the principal infective diseases, viz.:—
Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Whooping Cough, Diphtheria,
Enteric Fever and Diarrhoea, was .21 per 1,000, compared with
.35 in 1930; .18 in 1931; .44 in 1932.; .26 in 1933.; and .34 in
in 1934. The rate was .37 in Clapham, .11 in Putney, .17 in
Balham, .16 in Streatham, .13 in Tooting, and .23 in Wandsworth.
Table VIII. shows the number of cases of the notifiable
infective diseases reported, arranged in various age groups and
Table IX. shows the same figures arranged in the sub-districts in
which they occurred.