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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wimbledon 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Table showing the death-rate from Zymotic Diseases, including Tuberculous Diseases, for the last ten years.
| YEAR. | Zymotic Death-rate. | Death-Rate From | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | " Fever." | Whooping Cough. | Measles. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis and other Tuberc los Diseases. | ||
| 1914 | .75 | - | .03 | 1 | - | .1 | .06 | .43 | .78 |
| 1915 | .83 | — | .01 | .14 | .03 | .08 | .1 | .39 | .62 |
| 1916 | .59 | - | 03 | .16 | .03 | .1 | 07 | .18 | .82 |
| , 1917 | l.25 | - | — | .2 | .05 | .01 | .65 | .29 | 1.36 |
| 1918 | .68 | - | — | 13 | .01 | .23 | .09 | .19 | 1.27 |
| 1919 | .26 | — | .01 | .13 | — | — | .03 | .08 | .8 |
| 1920 | .46 | - | 03 | .19 | — | .03 | .09 | .11 | .72 |
| 1921 | .63 | - | .01 | .22 | .01 | .06 | — | .3 | .79 |
| 1922 | 1.06 | -_ | .00 | .1 | - | .08 | .00 | .05 | .76 |
| 1923 | l.00 | - | 05 | .08 | — | .06 | .06 | .08 | .63 |
The figures given in these Tables are those obtained after
correction by exclusion of "Non-Residents" and the inclusion
of " Residents " beyond the district.
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