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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 19
the year. 15 of these were of infants under one year of age, nine
from one and under two years, and four from two and under five
years. The death-rate was .08 per 1,000.
Epidemic Influenza.
81 deaths (16 in Clapham, four in Putney, 36 in Streatham,
10 in Tooting, and 15 in Wandsworth) occurred during the year.
The death-rate was .24 per 1,000, and the number of deaths represents
only 2.3 per cent. of the total mortality from all causes,
compared with 2.2 per cent. in 1920, 8.2 per cent. in 1919, and
19 per cent. in 1918.
Diarrhoea.
108 deaths, 60 of males, and 48 of females, occurred from
all forms of Diarrhoea and Enteritis during the year. 18 of the
deaths occurred in Clapham, six in Putney, 31 in Streatham, 19
in Tooting, and 34 in Wandsworth. There was a slight increase
in all the sub-districts, compared with 1920. The number of
deaths is 31 below the corrected decennial average.
The death-rate was .33 per 1,000 (in Clapham .30, in Putney
.21, in Streatham .30, in Tooting .49, and in Wandsworth .35),
compared with .18 in 1920, T7 in 1919, and .32 in 1918.
Of the total number of deaths from Diarrhoea registered,
81, or 75 per cent., were of infants under one year.
The number of deaths from Diarrhoea, Zymotic Enteritis,
and Enteritis under one year, represents 19.3 per cent. of the
total mortality at that age.
The increased mortality from these diseases was due to the
climatic conditions having been very favourable to their development,
and it was expected from previous experience, especiallv
in 1911, that there would be a considerable increase. Fortunately
this expectation was not realised, and there is no doubt
that this was largely due to greater care on the part of mothers
who had been taught, both by the Health Visitors and at the
Infant Welfare Centres, to regard these diseases as most serious
ones.
In 1911 the total number of deaths was 350, while during
1921 the number was 81.