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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 1875

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: Epidemic diseases—their prevalence and fatality.— The following Table shews the deaths which have resulted from the 7 principal Epidemic diseases during the past and ten preceding years, and the relation which they bore to the deaths from all causes.

Epidemic diseases—their prevalence and fatality.— The following Table shews the deaths which have resulted from the 7 principal Epidemic diseases during the past and ten preceding years, and the relation which they bore to the deaths from all causes.

YEARSSmall PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping CoughCholeraDiarrhæaFever—Typhus and TyphoidTotal Deaths From EpidemicsTotal Deaths from all causesPercentage of deaths from Epidemics to deaths from all causes
186552816...19185433815.9
1866323102571857335120.7
186731716177333329.9
1868...86220...2276439416.2
1869...2336...7...2369442921.9
1870...248416...331011345025.1
1871143123...11...21310345322.7
1872151313...2044736512.8
1873...4...38...2274443310.1
1874...142...19...1265245311.5
1875125214...1754642010.9