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
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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| 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 8 | 2 | 11 | 21 | .. | 5 | 12 | 36 | 21 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 22 | 9 | 34 | 19 | 18 | 15 |
| Epidemic Diarrhœa | 11 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 34 |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 35 | 16 |
| Total deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 54 | 34 | 67 | 64 | 74 | 32 | 79 | 95 | 106 | 82 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| Death.rate from all Diseases | 15.3 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 12.4 |