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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Parish of Clapham.
The total number of deaths from Zymotic diseases
was 147, a considerable increase on the previous year and
almost the same as in 1896. It has been exceeded in the
ten years, only in 1893. A notable increase is seen in the
deaths from Influenza and Diarrhoea, and to that reference
will be made later. The Zymotic death-rate was 3.03 per
thousand living. This is not so high as in 1893 and 1896,
but exceeds the other years of the decennium. If the
deaths from Influenza were excluded the Zymotic deathrate
would become 261.
The following Table gives the notifications of infectious
diseases received under the Public Health
(London) Act, and the number removed to hospital,
with the number of deaths among those removed and
not removed.
| Number of Cases Notified. | Number of Patients removed to Hospital. | Number died in Hospital. | Number died at Home. | Total Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 155 | 93 | l | .. | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 136 | 126 | 20 | 7 | 27 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 31 | 17 | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Continued Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 57 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Totals | 435 | 245 | 26 | 13 | 39 |
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