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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. 81
The following Table shows the death-rate from Zymotic Diseases
for the Borough for the year as well as for the three previous years.
| Death-rate per 1,000:— | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | |
| Small-pox | .012 | .108 | ... | ... |
| Diarrhœa | .69 | .38 | .38 | .79 |
| Diphtheria | .17 | .29 | .18 | .16 |
| Whooping Cough | .25 | .26 | .34 | .18 |
| Scarlet Fever | .06 | .09 | .07 | .05 |
| Influenza | .17 | .38 | .15 | .22 |
| Enteric Fever | .06 | .12 | .07 | .04 |
| Measles | .29 | .39 | .43 | .39 |
Chicken-pox.
892 cases of Chicken-pox were notified during the year,
191 from Clapham, 21 from Putney, 200 from Streatham, 57 from
Tooting, and 423 from Wandsworth. 64 of these were of infants
under one year, 348 from one to five years, 446 from five to 15 years,
and 34 over 15 years.
NON-ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these for the
year, as well as for the previous decennium for the whole Borough.
The numbers for the years 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, and 1904 are
corrected for external and internal institutions.