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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 1887
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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resulted in the third quarter, and to have much exceeded
the combined number of the other three quarters, the
excess having been principally due to Diarrhoea, the
result of the high temperature of the period.
DISEASE.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Mean Temp. Mean Temp. Mean Temp. Mean Temp.
37.3 51.6 61.0 41.3
Small Pox
Measles 1 2 4 5 7 1
Scarlatina 1
Diphtheria 1 1
Whooping Cough 2 1 1 1 3
Diarrhoea 1 13 11 1 3 1
Fever 1 1 1 1 1 1
Totals 3 3 4 2 4 6 21 13 2 1 4 4
10 12 36 9
The proportion per cent. of the total deaths, as well as of those from zymotic diseases in relation to the social position of the deceased, is shewn in the subjoined table:—
| Social Position. | Total Deaths. | Deaths from Zymotic Diseases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887. | Decennial Average. | 1887. | Decennial Average. | |
| Nobility and Gentry | 3.44 | 3.41 | 0 00 | 1.27 |
| Professional lass, Merchants, Bankers, &e | 5 90 | 4.81 | 5.63 | 4 22 |
| Middle & Trading Classe Clerks, &c | 27.22 | 22 78 | 19.92 | |
| Industrial and Labouring Classes | 63 44 | 69.00 | 74.45 | 74.43 |
| 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | ||