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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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Parish of Clapham.
The total number was 73 compared with 114 in the
previous year.
The zymotic death-rate was 1.57, a less figure than in
preceding years. The 38 deaths from diseases of this
class that occurred in out-lying institutions (see table III.)
should be added, however, the total thus being 111 and
the death-rate 2.4. The corresponding rate in 1893 was
3.3.
The following table gives the number of notifications of infectious diseases received under the Public Health Act, with the number removed to hospital and the number of deaths.
| Number of Cases Notified. | Number of Patients removed to Hospital. | Number died in Hospital. | Number died at Home. | Total Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | l | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 197 | 73 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Diphtheria | 125 | 60 | 24 | 15 | 39 |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Enteric Fever | 34 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |
| Continued Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Totals | 418 | 147 | 34 | 22 |
Small Pox.—The epidemic of this disease that existed
in London during 1893 extended into the earlier months
of 1894. There were only 2 cases in Clapham reported to
me, however; one of them, a child aged two, was returned
at once from the wharf to which she was taken for
removal to the hospital ships, as being a case of measles.