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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 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.
| DisEASES. | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1897 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | ||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Measles | 20 | 39 | 7 | 47 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 58 | 4 | .. | 28.2 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 | 3.6 | .. | |||
| Diphtheria | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 17.1 | .. | ||
| Typhus Enteric | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | • • | ||||
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 40 | 6 | 35 | 18 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 53 | 12 | .. | 19 | ||
| Diarrhæa Cholera | 30 | 32 | 21 | 37 | 25 | 41 | 37 | 24 | 24 | 44 | 48 | 7.7 | .. | ||
| Total Deaths from above Epidemic Diseases | 67 | 125 | 44 | 134 | 79 | 127 | 94 | 92 | 46 | 170 | 103 | .. | 22 | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 60 | 34 | 34 | 58 | 11 | *25 | .. | 2.8 | ||
| Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 71 | 127 | 47 | 145 | 95 | 187 | 128 | 126 | 104 | 181 | 128 | .. | 25.7 | ||
| Zymotic Death rate per 1,000 population | 2.14 | 3.73 | 1.36 | 3.2 | 2 | 3.7 | 2.64 | 2.30 | 1.62 | 3.02 | •• | .56 | |||
| Total Deaths from all causes | 610 | 711 | 494 | 787 | 780 | 838 | 820 | 768 | 798 | 886 | 838 | .. | 121 | ||
| Percentage of Deaths from Epidemics to Deaths from all causes | 10.9 | 176 | 8.90 | 17.0 | 10.3 | 15.1 | 15.62 | 16-5 | 11.78 | 20.42 | 15.27 | .87 | .. | ||
*Inclusive of 18 from Influenza.
The zymotic death-rate for the year was 2 per 1,000,
1.02 per 1,000 under last year, and .56 per 1,000 less
than the corrected decennial average.
To arrive at the true zymotic death-rate, the number
of deaths from these occurring in outlying institutions
must be added. Six deaths from zymotic diseases