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Wandsworth 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The Infantile Mortality among legitimate infants was 64 per
1,000 legitimate births, and among illegitimate infants 159 per
1,000 illegitimate births, or nearly two and a half times as great.
INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these
diseases during the year and for the 10 previous years. The
number above or below the corrected decennial average is also
shown.

TABLE XVI.

1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.1916.1917.1918.1919.1920.1921.1921.
No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
Small-pox.......................................
Scarlet Fever101111132251337112018.7
Diphtheria341818415355373541686422...
Typhus Fever.......................................
Enteric Fever985565752271.3...
Cont'd Fever.......................................
Puerpl. Fever811139496816141...94
Cholera.......................................
Erysipelas1056119567195...1.2
Measles2305111626152221294518474...78
Whooping C6657235366492958151928...18.5
Influenza244559589074568343109981...95
Diarrhoea350851681861259578965862108...31
Tuberculous Diseases389366355389434396424455342315390...23
Cerebro-spinal Fever31112016118943...4.9
Other Infective Diseases21272232201921181222318.2
Totals115468579782410017508171572831672742...232

The total number of deaths from these diseases was 742,
129 in Clapham, 63 in Putney, 212 in Streatham, 112 in Tooting,
and 226 in Wandsworth.
From all infective diseases the death-rate was 2.26 per 1,000
(2.11 in Clapham, 2.18 in Putney, 2.03 in Streatham, 2.88 in
footing, and 2.38 in Wandsworth).