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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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COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.
| Diseases. | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1893 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected averaee. | |||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .52 | ||
| Measles | 18 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 47 | 10 | 30 | 2 | .. | 26.8 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .. | 1 | |||||
| Diphtheria | 3 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 7.8 | .. | ||
| Typhus Enteric | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .. | 1.3 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 26 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 40 | 6 | 35 | 18 | 28 | 26 | .. | 1.7 | ||
| Diarrhoea Cholera | 29 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 21 | 37 | 25 | 41 | 37 | .. | •4 | ||
| Total Deaths from above Epidemic Diseases | 94 | 57 | 64 | 94 | 111 | 67 | 125 | 44 | 134 | 79 | 127 | 94 | .. | 24 | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 14 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 60 | *34 | 15 | .. | |||
| Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 108 | 77 | 83 | 97 | 116 | 71 | 127 | 47 | 145 | 95 | 187 | 128 | .. | 9 | ||
| Zymotic Death rate per 1,000 population | 3.72 | 2.57 | 2.70 | 3.07 | 3.58 | 2.14 | 3.73 | 1.35 | 3.2 | 2 | 3.7 | 2.54 | .. | 1.12 | ||
| Total Deaths from all causes | 544 | 499 | 576 | 628 | 722 | 610 | 711 | 494 | 787 | 780 | 838 | 820 | .. | 110 | ||
| Percentage of Deaths from Epidemics to Deaths from all causes | 17.2 | 11.4 | ll.l | 14.9 | 15.3 | 10.9 | 17.5 | 8. 90 | 17.0 | 10.3 | 15.1 | 15.62 | .. | 1.72 | ||
* Inclusive of 14 from Influenza.
Small.pox. Eleven cases of this disease were notified, and the
next Table shows the particulars of each case, as far as could be
ascertained.
No deaths resulted, and it is gratifying to note, that in no
instance did the disease spread from any of these notified cases.
All the persons affected were vaccinated in infancy.