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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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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

TABLE IV.

Zymotic Mortality in Clapham, including that in Outlying Institutions.

1888188918901891 1189218931894189518961897
Small Pox..........1..1....
Scarlet Fever1525215229366
Diphtheria232362143139191220
Membranous Croup..........2......2
Typhus Fever....................
Enteric Fever7444736455
Continued Fever............1......
Relapsing Fever....................
Puerperal Fever..........3..1..1
Cholera....................
Erysipelas........341131
Measles15121832212717183516
Whooping Cough281718202617128426
Influenza....42231201237129
Diarrhoea and Dysentery15111812122514413247
Hydrophobia....................
Other Zymotic Diseases16355....1....
Total deaths from
Zymotic Disease104757699134155111134148113
Zymotic Death-rate2.51.71.762.262.993.42.392.833.142.36
Death.rate from all Diseases15.914.815.915.815.5815.812.915.314.9414.03