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Wandsworth 1900

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

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104 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.

Table: TABLE VII.Zymotic Mortality,

TABLE VII.

Zymotic Mortality,

1891189218931894189618961897189818991900
Small Pox....................
Measles..7..9211*3*16*11**6†
Scarlet Fever..11852*60*94*76*41*27*1†
Diphtheria........118*176*192*110*139*3†
Typhus Fever....................
Enteric Fever......11......11*2†
Whooping Cough10..5316*2238†
Epidemic Diarrhoea..4416661415*13†
Other Zymotic Diseases,
including Influenza ..41466*23, ,42*4†
Total Draths fromZymo- tic Class141331131189*295*278*187*238*37†
Zymotic Death-rate2.02.45.05.l†2.5†2.8†1.0†3.2†2.7†3.7†
Death-rate from all causes16.024.821.118.11†20.5†14.2†12.2†18.4†19.0†24.5†

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Includes deaths of Non-Parishioners in Metropolitan Asylums Board
Hospitals. See Table IV. f Corrected Statistics.
Prevalence of infectious Disease. The following Table No. VIII. takes the place
of the former "Table B," and gives the
number of cases notified from each of the notifiable
infectious diseases, classifying the cases in six age periods.
The Table also gives the number of cases removed to
hospitals.
During the year, 120 notifications were received.
63 were cases of Scarlet Fever, 33 of Diphtheria and
Membranous Croup, 13 of Enteric, and 11 of Erysipelas.
83 of the cases were removed to hospital.
The following shows the number of cases notified
during each of the last six years in the sub-district:—
1895 58
1896 60
1997 73
1898 140
1899 126
1900 120