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Wandsworth 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Parish of Clapham. 39

Table: TABLE V.Zymotic Mortality in Clapham, including that in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE V.

Zymotic Mortality in Clapham, including that in Outlying Institutions.

18901891189218931894189518961897189818991900
Small Pox. .. .. .1. .1. .. .. .. .. .
Scarlet Fever5215229366134
Diphtheria6214313919122027257
Membranous Croup. .. .. .2. .. .. .2. .1. .
Typhus Fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Enteric Fever44736455371
Continued Fever. .. .. .. .1. .. .. .. .. .. .
Relapsing Fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Puerperal Fever. .. .. .3. .1. .1323
Cholera. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Erysipelas. .. .34113154. .
Measles183221271718351615277
Whooping Cough1820261712842618513
Influenza42231201237129204430
Diarrhœa and Dysentery1812122514413247554829
Hydrophobia. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Other Zymotic Diseases355. .. .1. .. .. .. .. .
Total deaths from Zymotic Disease769913415511113414811314716694
Zymotic Death-rate1.762.262.993.42.392.833.142.363.033.391.77
Death-rate from seven principal Zymotic Diseases1.661.752.332.872.112.022.-82.152.519.341.22
Death-rate from all Diseases15.915.815.7216.0913.1915.6614.9411.0314.6617.715.47

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The total number of these deaths was 94, a smaller
number than in any of the last ten years. This corresponds
to a rate of 1.7 7 per thousand living, or, excluding