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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE B.
| DISEASES. | 1900. | 1899. | 1898. | 1897. | 1896. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Notified | Deaths | Cases Notified | Deaths | Cases Notified | Deaths | Cases Notified | Deaths | Cases Notified | Deaths | |
| Small Pox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 64 | 10 | 64 | 12 | 60 | 7 | 41 | 6 | 30 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 112 | 0 | 149 | 2 | 98 | 2 | 155 | 2 | 124 | 2 |
| Enteric Fever | 20 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 49 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 58 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 35 | 0 |
| * Measles | 1069 | 17 | 273 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 |
| Totals | 1315 | 35 | 609 | 23 | 285 | 15 | 262 | 28 | 206 | 20 |
| * Measles notifiable since June, 1898. | ||||||||||
TABLE C.
| Zymotic Rate. | 1900 | 1899 | 1898 | 1897 | 1896 | 1895 | 1894 | 1893 | 1892 | 1891 |
| 1.77 | 1.83 | 2.0 | 1.63 | 1.50 | 2.03 | 1.7 | 1 .15 |
The following table shows estimated death-rates of each ward
into which the district is sub-divided.
This can only be taken as approximate, as the exact population
of each ward is not known. The Registrar-General has, however,
issued instructions that at the taking of the census in April
next, every district divided into wards is to have its population also