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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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Zymotic diseases caused 17.2 per cent of the total
deaths as compared with 15.9 per cent in the previous
year. The zymotic death-rate was 2.72 per 1,000 of
the population, as compared with 2.71 in the previous
year. The largest number of deaths from zymotic
diseases were caused by the seven chief epidemic diseases
enumerated, in the following table:—
| Whole District. | East Battersea. | West Battersea. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Wandsworth. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 147 | 46 | 25 | 2 | 21 | 20 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 60 | 18 | 30 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Diphtheria | 43 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 14 | 4 | .. | 3 | 6 | |
| Whooping-cough | 153 | 58 | 54 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Epidemic Diarrhœa | 245 | 99 | 76 | 24 | .. | 16 | 30 |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 66 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |
| Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 744 | 246 | 256 | 100 | 7 | 64 | 71 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 2.72 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.44 | 1.4 | |
| Death-rate from all Diseases | 15.77 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 17.3 |
If to the 744 deaths from zymotic diseases be added
the 69 deaths from the same diseases in outlying institutions
of inhabitants of this district (see table IV.),
the zymotic death-rate becomes 2.98 per 1,000 of
population, as compared with 2.84 in the previous year.
By comparing tables IV. and IX. the relative local
incidence of the various epidemic diseases will be best