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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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Sub-district of Putney and Roehampton. 55
| Zymotic Mortality | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 2 | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 21 | .. | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 4 | .. | 17 | 7 | 15 |
| Diarrhœa and Dysentery | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 11 |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 12 | 21 | 21 | 36 | 50 | 28 | 33 | 54 | 38 | 56 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 0.73 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| Death-rate for all Diseases | 11.1 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 9.9 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 12.3 |
In Table IV. all deaths arising from zymotic disease,
and registered within the sub-district, are tabulated and
compared with the previous nine years.
Fifty-six deaths were registered from these diseases
compared with 38 in the previous year. The difference is
accounted for by the increased mortality arising from
Influenza, Measles and Whooping Cough.
The Zymotic death-rate was 2.5 per 1,000 per annum,
and was considerably above the decennial average. If the
six deaths which occurred in outlying institutions be added
to those registered within the sub-district, it gives us a
total Zymotic death-rate of 2.8.