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Wandsworth 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
INFECTIVE 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 Grove Fever Hospital and belong
to other Metropolitan Boroughs. The number above or below the
corrected decennial average is also shown.
TABLE XXV.
| 1904 | 1905 | I906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1914 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 13 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | ... | 5.0 |
| Diphtheria | 41 | 31 | 50 | 41 | 37 | 29 | 16 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 41 | 5.0 | ... |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | ... | 5.2 |
| Cont'd Fever | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerpl. Fever | 5 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1.0 | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1.2 | ... |
| Measles | 104 | 89 | 65 | 68 | 45 | 108 | 44 | 230 | 51 | 116 | 26 | ... | 78.8 |
| Whooping C. | 48 | 75 | 55 | 105 | 59 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 23 | 53 | ... | 18.0 |
| Influenza | 57 | 41 | 70 | 88 | 82 | 89 | 55 | 24 | 45 | 59 | 58 | ... | 12.6 |
| Diarrhœa | 301 | 203 | 307 | 127 | 183 | 120 | 88 | 350 | 85 | 168 | 186 | ... | 34.2 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 380 | 360 | 376 | 352 | 382 | 362 | 351 | 389 | 366 | 355 | 389 | ... | 63.9 |
| Other In- fective Diseases | 11 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 24 | 28 | 23 | 33 | 4.0 | ... |
| Totals | 984 | 877 | 995 | 844 | 841 | 828 | 667 | 1154 | 685 | 797 | 824 | ... | 164.6 |
The total number of deaths from these diseases was 824, 144 in
Clapham, 54 in Putney, 228 in Streatham, 126 in Tooting, and
272 in Wandsworth, an increase of 27 compared with 1913, but
a decrease of 164 compared with the corrected decennial average.
Compared with 1913 there has been an increase in the number
of deaths from Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Tuberculous diseases,