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Wandsworth 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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.
| 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | I900 | 1901 | I902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1904 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | 3.1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 15 | 27 | 26 | 1 5 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 13 | ... | 9.3 |
| Diphtheria Membranous Croup | 74 | 37 | 39 | 103 | 88 | 65 | 41 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 42 | 70 | 45 | 41 | ... | 36.3 | ||||||||
| 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ... | 4 | ... | |||||||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 21 | 26 | '7 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 30 | 19 | 11 | ... | 13.7 |
| Continued Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | ... | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | ... | 2.9 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 2.2 | ... |
| Measles | 82 | 27 | 154 | 28 | 107 | 59 | 82 | 68 | 94 | 109 | 104 | ... | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 54 | 24 | ... | 41 | 81 | 65 | 45 | 60 | 64 | 87 | 48 | ... | 34.4 |
| Influenza | 45 | 131 | 37 | 49 | 75 | 122 | 87 | 41 | 93 | 39 | 57 | ... | 30.7 |
| Diarrhoea | 59 | 110 | 119 | 162 | 194 | '95 | 156 | 164 | 93 | 96 | 208 | 43.5 | ... |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 56 | ... |
| Totals | 401 | 394 | 564 | 438 | 596 | 549 | 471 | 426 | 535 | 434 | 511 | ... | 75 5 |
The total number of deaths from zymotic diseases during the
year was 511; 102 in Clapham, 40 in Putney, 111 in Streatham, 66 in
Tooting, and 192 in Wandsworth, an increase of 77 compared with
the year 1903, but 75-5 under the decennial average corrected for
increase of population.
Compared with 1903 there has been a decrease in the number
of deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Puerperal
Fever, Measles, and Whooping Cough, and an increase from Influenza,
Diarrhoea, and other zymotic diseases.