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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 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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78
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
death-rate therefrom, as well as the death-rates from
" all diseases " during the past eleven years.

Table: TABLE IV.Zymotic Mortality in the Sub-District o) Streatham.

TABLE IV.

Zymotic Mortality in the Sub-District o) Streatham.

18851886188718881889189018911892189318941895
Small Pox......................
Measles21121. .51236212135
Scarlet Fever451..12223
Diphtheria5673061175109
Enteric Fever632114233410
Typhus Fever....1................
Whooping Cough726622934191815171
Epidemic Diarrhoea12,016138151015341227
Other Zymotic Diseases217321355571
Influenza............2135161036
Total deaths from Zymotic Diseases34676474327995106827592
Zymotic Death-rate1.12.11.61.70.81.81.71.10.60.91.7
Death-rate from all Diseases13.915.011.611.110.211.511.612.412.410.011.3

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There were 92 deaths in this class. 36 of which were
due to influenza. It will be seen upon reference to the
table that this disease has largely contributed to the
increased number of deaths from epidemic diseases.
The deaths from diseases of the zymotic class yield
a percentage of 15.8 upon the death from all causes.
The seven principal diseases in this class give a
death-rate of 0.5 per 1,000 of the population.