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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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of a very mild character. The number of fatal cases
therefore was very small relatively to the number of
people affected.
| Zymotic Mortality. | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 18 6 | 1887 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 7 | .. | .. | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | . . | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .. |
| Diphtheria | . . | . . | .. | 1 | 29 | 24 | . | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping-cough | 4 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 2 |
| Epidemic Diarrhæa | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | .. |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 12 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Total Deaths from | ||||||||||
| Zymotic Diseases | 36 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 69 | 44 | 28 | 18 | 38 | 7 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.49 | 0.44 |
| Death-ratefor all Disease | 16. 0 | 15.0 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 15.1 | 17.1 | 137 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.5 |
Inquests and
Uncertified Seven inquests have been held throughout
Deaths. the year in this Parish, as seen from the
following table. Of these five were due to
drowning, which seems to be in this quarter a favourite
method of committing or attempting to commit suicide.
This of course is doubtless due to the proximity of such
a long stretch of the River Thames.
Inquests.
Natural Causes SPasm of Glottis 1
Natural causes Fracture of Skull 1
Accidental Drowning 1
Accidental Drowning 1
Drowning 1
Suicidal Drowning 1
Drowning 1
Uncertified Deaths.
Convulsions 2
Paralysis of Glottis 1
Convulsions and Diarrhoea 1
Epilipsy 1