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Wandsworth 1903

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Of the total deaths occurring under one year, viz.:—743, 83
occurred from Zymotic diseases, excluding Diarrhoea, 142 from
diseases of the digestive organs including Diarrhoea, 92 from
diseases of the respiratory organs, 313 from Premature Birth and
Developmental diseases, and the remainder, viz.:—113 from
general diseases.
The percentage of deaths from Premature Birth and Developmental
diseases to total deaths under one year was 42.1, compared
with 36.4 in 1902.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these
diseases during the year and for the ten 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: TABLE XVI.

TABLE XVI.

18931894189518961897I898189919001901190219031903
No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
Small-pox1..2..........326....3.6
Scarlet Fever511915272615816152418..8.5
Diphtheria99743739103886541427045..41.7
Membranous Croup1713913..4..
Typhus Fever..........................
Enteric Fever1821261716161726153019..5.8
Continued Fever11....1........2......
Puerperal Fever813745944786..2.4
Cholera......1..................
Erysipelas1614510411993185..7.1
Measles338227154281075982689410918.7..
Whooping Cough775424155418165456064875.0..
Influenza644513137497512287419339..52.5
Diarrhœa124591101191621941951561649396..73.2
Other Zymotic Diseases261......15813105.5..
Totals511401394564438596549471426535434..66.8