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Wandsworth 1897

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

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12
Zymotic
Diseases.
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
The following Table shows the deaths from
zymotic diseases that have occurred among
the population of the entire District in each of the last
ten years, including those in outlying institutions.

Table: TABLE VII.

TABLE VII.

188718881889189018911892189318941895189618971897
No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
Small Pox. .1. .. .. .. .1. .2. .. .. .. .
Scarlet Fever22311197295119152726. .1
Diphtheria21664220305799743739103. .. .
Membranous Croup. .. .. .. .. .101713913. .3
Typhus1. .1. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Enteric Fever1218112110121821261716. .3
Continued Fever. .. .. .. .2211. .. .1. .
Puerperal Fever263867813745. .2
Cholera. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .1. .. .
Erysipelas1155561616145104. .7
Measles68563388788233822715428. .45
Whooping Cough449643100768977542415541. .42
Influenza. .. .. .2161123644513137499
Diarrhoea and Dysentery7064417351831245911011916266. .
Other Zymotic Diseases102143183261. .. .. .. .
Totals261345204348346513511401394564438111112

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The number of deaths was 438, and was less by 126
than in the preceding year. The fall was principally
under the heads of Measles and Whooping Cough, but
there was an increase in the deaths from Diphtheria and
Diarrhoea. The death-rate from these diseases per 1,000
living was 2.23, and was, with the exception of 1895,
the lowest since 1889. The following Table gives the
zymotic rate in the sub-districts and in the entire district
for the last ten years. It is seen that the rate varied
last year from 2.8 in Wandsworth to 0.26 in Tooting.