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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 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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quarter. The Zymotic mortality was highest in the third
quarter.
The Table given below presents a comparative view of the mortality from the chief Zymotic diseases for 11 years ending 1876.
| Years. | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox. | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Measles ... | 8 | ... | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | |
| Scarlatina. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Diphtheria | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... |
| Whooping-cough ... | 1 | 9 | ... | 6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |
| TyphuB, &c. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhœa & Cholera | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Totals | 16 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 19 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 19 |
Whooping-cough, it will be seen, was severe ; though less so
than last year, or the year 1867. Scarlatina has again
appeared after omitting three years. It was severely epidemic
in 1871. Diarrhoea is rather over the average, and
is only exceeded in one year (1870). The following Table
may be interesting, as showing the season of year at
which the cases of Zymotic diseases occurred. Whoopingcough
and Diarrhoea are conspicuous. It may be remembered
that the autumn of last year was excessively hot,
which accounts for the mortality from the latter cause.