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Wandsworth 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
zymotic Mortality. The deaths recorded in Streatham resulting
from the principal epidemic diseases, and
also the death-rates therefrom as well as from " all
diseases," are set out in the following table, being
comparative for the past ten years.
| 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 36 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 7 | 26 | 7 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Whooping Cough | 19 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 11 |
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | 10 | 15 | 34 | 12 | 27 | 21 | 37 | 29 | 49 | 34 |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Influenza | 21 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 36 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 42 | 18 |
| Total deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 95 | 106 | 82 | 75 | 92 | 106 | 84 | ' 103 | 128 | |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 |
| Death-rate from all Diseases | 11.6 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 |
Note.— The figures in this Table relate to the deaths actually
registered in the District.
There were in all 94 deaths recorded from this
class of disease in the district, being remarkably low
compared with preceding years. Diarrhoea was the
largest contributor to zymotic mortality,