Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 1 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | |
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Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
Diphtheria | 23 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 39 | 19 | 12 | 20 |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Measles | 15 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 21 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 16 |
Whooping Cough | 28 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 42 | 6 |
Influenza | .. | .. | 4 | 22 | 31 | 20 | 12 | 37 | 12 | 9 |
Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 15 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 25 | 14 | 41 | 32 | 47 |
Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Total deaths from | ||||||||||
Zymotic Disease | 104 | 75 | 76 | 99 | 134 | 155 | 111 | 134 | 148 | 113 |
Zymotic Death-rate | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.76 | 2.26 | 2.99 | 3.4 | 2.39 | 2.83 | 3.14 | 2.36 |
Death.rate from all Diseases | 15.9 | 14.8 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 15.58 | 15.8 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 14.94 | 14.03 |