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INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The number of deaths from notifiable infectious diseases,
including all forms of Tuberculosis, was 341, compared with 329
in 1936. There were also 142 deaths from non-notifiable diseases of
an infective nature, viz.:—two from Measles, 23 from Whooping
Cough and 117 from Influenza.
From all infective diseases the death-rate was 1.41 per
1,000—1.69 in Clapham, 1.24 in Putney, 1.34 in Balham, 1.43
in Streatham, 1.59 in Tooting, and 1.24 in Wandsworth.
The rate in 1932, was 1.62 ; in 1933, 1.75; in 1934, 1.35; in
1935, 1 14; and in 1936, 1.17.
Table VII. shows the number of cases of the notifiable
infective diseases reported, arranged in various age groups and
Table VIII. shows the same figures arranged in the sub-districts
in which they occurred.