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Wandsworth 1902

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: ZYMOTIC DISEASES.The next Table shows the number of deaths from these diseases during the year and for the 10 previous years. This Table is corrected for institutions, as a large number of deaths registered in the Borough occurred in the Fountain and Grove Fever Hospitals, and belong to other Metropolitan Boroughs. The number above or below the corrected decennial average is also shown.TABLE XIII.

ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

The next Table shows the number of deaths from these diseases during the year and for the 10 previous years. This Table is corrected for institutions, as a large number of deaths registered in the Borough occurred in the Fountain and Grove Fever Hospitals, and belong to other Metropolitan Boroughs. The number above or below the corrected decennial average is also shown.

TABLE XIII.

18921893189418951896189718981899190019011902
1902No above. corrected average.No. below corrected average.
Small-pox..1..2..........32622.25..
Scarlet Fever295119152726158161524..3.6
Diphtheria Membranous Croup57997437391038865414270..10.6
101713913..4..
Typhus Fever..........................
Enteric Fever Continued12182126171616172615308..
Fever211....1........21.3..
Puerperal Fever781374594478.4..
Cholera........1................
Erysipelas161614510411993186..
Measles8233822715428107598268943.8..
Whooping Cough89775424155418165456064..22.3
Influenza1236445131374975122874193..3.7
Diarrhoea and Dysentery811245911011916219419515616493..87.7
Other Zymotic Diseases3261......158139.7..
Totals513511401394564438596549471426535..72 8