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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
Wandsworth 1893
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893
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Zymotic
Diseases.
There were 405 deaths belonging to this class
registered compared with 450 in the previous year, giving
a zymotic death-rate of 2.39 per 1,000 living. This is
compared with that of the last five years in the following
Table, which also gives the rates for the sub-districts.
| 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 1.9 | 1.4 | l.5 | 2.19 | 2.41 | 2.5 |
| Putney | 1.0 | .73 | 1.1 | 1.23 | 1.97 | 2.6 |
| Streatham | 1.7 | .8 | 1.8 | 2.21 | 2.35 | 1.74 |
| Tooting | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.43 | 2.46 | 5.0 | |
| Wandsworth | 3.7 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 2.07 | 3.80 | 2.54 |
| Whole District | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.06 | 2.76 | 2.39 |
The zymotic death-rate has therefore slightly fallen since
the previous year, when it was 2.76. Adding the 112
deaths from zymotic diseases that occurred in outlying
institutions (see Table IV.), we get a total of 517 deaths,
giving a mortality of 3.05, compared with 3.1 in last year.
The next Table gives the number of cases of the various
zymotic diseases notified to us, to which the provisions of
the Public Health (London) Act apply, in each parish,
and also the numbers for 1892.