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Wandsworth 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Zymotic Diseases There were 67 deaths in this class, 35
their were of males and 32 of females; they yield
Prevalence a per Centage of 14.1 upon the deaths from
Fatality. all causes during the year, and give a death.
rate of 2.1 per 1,000 of the estimated population, this
is double the extremely low zymotic death.rate of 1885,
but it is below the rate recorded in several years of the
decennium as may be seen in Table IV. The increased
death.rate from infectious diseases is due to the mortality
arising from Measles, Whooping Cough, and Diarrhœa.
The subjoined Table contrasts all the deaths resulting
from the several principal epidemic diseases, with the
death.rate therefrom, as well as the death.rate from all
diseases during the last ten years.
| 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small.pox | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Whooping.Cough Epidemic | 6 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| Diarrhœa Other Zymotic | 4 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 20 |
| Diseases | 4 | .. | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| Total deaths from Zy motic Diseases | 29 | 42 | 41 | 68 | 44 | 41 | 65 | 53 | 34 | 67 |
| Zymotic Death. rate | 17 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Death .rate from all Diseases.. | 125 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 13.9 | 15. 0 |
On referring to the Table it will be seen that there
was 110 death from Small Pox, nor did any case die in