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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 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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District. 13
331 compares favourably with previous years. The
zymotic rate was 1.88 per 1000 living. The rates of the
last six years are given below :—
| 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.19 | 2.41 | 2.5 | 1.57 |
| Putney | 1.0 | .73 | 1.1 | 1.23 | 1.97 | 2.6 | 1.4 |
| Streatham | 1.7 | .8 | 1.8 | 2.21 | 2.35 | 1.74 | 1.52 |
| Tooting | • • | 2.4 | 1.7 | 2.43 | 2.46 | 5.0 | 5.18* |
| Wandsworth | 3.7 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 2.07 | 3.80 | 2.54 | 2.3 |
| Whole District | 21 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.06 | 2.76 | 2.39 | 1.88* |
•Excluding deaths at Fountain Hospital from outside district.
There is a decided fall in the zymotic death-rate therefore
since 1893. Taking into account the 70 deaths
from zymotic diseases that occurred in outlying institutions
(see Table IV.) we get a total of 401 deaths and a
mortality of 2.28 compared with 3.l and 3.05 in the two
preceding years.