London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Table B shows for the same years, the number of
infectious cases notified, and the deaths from each notifiable
disease.
Table C shows the death-rate from zymotic diseases for
the last 10 years.
Table 5 shows the localities in which all the notified
cases of infectious diseases have occurred.
TABLE A,
| 1896 | 1895 | 1894 | 1893 | 1892 | |
| Births | 875 | 857 | 791 | 780 | 738 |
| Deaths | 343 | 377 | 310 | 363 | 333 |
| Death-rates | 11 06 | 12.1 | 10.3 | 12.9 | 12.8 |
| DEATHS— | |||||
| Under 1 year | 97 | 102 | 81 | 107 | 90 |
| Over 1 year and under 60 years | 150 | 174 | 147 | 166 | 124 |
| Above 60 years | 96 | 101 | 82 | 90 | 119 |
| From Measles | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| ,, Scarlet Fever | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| ,, Small Pox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ,, Diphtheria | 3 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
| ,, Diarrhcea | 13 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 8 |
| ,, Whooping Cough | 15 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| ,, Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| ,, Erysipelas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | o |
| ,, Influenza | 4 | 14 | 10 | 20 | 18 |
| ,, Membranous Croup | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |