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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1896
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896
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Parish of Clapham.
The total number was 148 and was greater than in
any year of the decade but 1893. The Zymotic deathrate,
3.14, is also high, and is second only to that of 1893.
The reason for these high figures is obviously to be found
under the head of Measles and Whooping Cough, which
together make up more than half the total deaths from
these diseases. The death-rate without including these or
Influenza would only be 123.
The following table gives the notifications of infectious
diseases received under the Public Health
(London) Act, and the number removed to hospital,
with the number of deaths among those removed and
not removed.
TABLE V.
| 1 Number of Cases Notified. | Number of Patients removed to Hospital. | Number died in Hospital. | 1 Number died at Home. | Total Deaths. | |
| Smallpox | l | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 221 | 127 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Diphtheria | 68 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 31 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 75 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 398 | 168 | 7 | 19 | 28 |
Small Pox.
One notification was received of a case of
Small Pox from the out-patient department of
a general hospital. It turned out, however, not to
be a case of Small Pox at all. It is included in the
above table however. The complete absence of Small
Pox during the year is very satisfactory.