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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.
Fever, three from Diarrhoea, two from Erysipelas, one from Puerperal
Fever, and five from Other Septic Diseases; and 40 in the
Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, 24 from Small-pox,
six from Scarlet Fever, nine from Diphtheria, and one from
Enteric Fever.
In internal institutions 153 deaths occurred of non-residents
in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board in Tooting,
five from Measles, 67 from Scarlet Fever, 42 from Diphtheria, 35
from Enteric Fever, and two from other Septic Diseases; in the
Royal Hospital for Incurables, Wandsworth, two from Influenza,
and two from Erysipelas; in the Middlesex County Asylum two
from Typhoid Fever, and one from Influenza; and one from other
Septic Diseases in the Prison, a total of 161, compared with 188 in
1901.
The number of deaths in the several sub-districts from these
zymotic diseases was 121 in Clapham, 45 in Putney, 137 in
Streatham, 49 in Tooting, and 183 in Wandsworth, a total of 535.
The next Table shows the death-rate from these diseases including Influenza, for the whole Borough, for the year 1902, as well as for the ten years preceding.
| 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 3.01 | 3.43 | 2.4 | 2.86 | 3.12 | 2.35 | 3.01 | 3.33 | 1.85 | 2.09 | 2.15 |
| Putney | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2 .0 | 2.8 | 1.65 | 1.95 | 1.02 | 1.75 |
| Streatham | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2. I | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.29 | 1.7 | 1.I4 | 1.76 |
| Tooting | 2.28 | 2.95 | 3.56 | 2.12 | 3.15 | 1.00 | 2.27 | 2.17 | 2.84 | 3.38 | 2.58 |
| Wandsworth | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.64 | 2.03 | 3.96 | 2.8 | 3.59 | 2.73 | 2.25 | 2.20 | 2.64 |
| Borough | 3.13 | 3.00 | 2.28 | 2.16 | 2.98 | 2.22 | 2.90 | 2.55 | 2.10 | 1.81 | 2.18 |