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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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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Table IV. reveals the prevalence of diseases of a
Zymotic character during 1894 and compares it with the
preceding nine years.
| Zymotic Mortality. | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| Puerperal Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 3 |
| "Whooping Cough | 1 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 4 |
| Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 4 | 9 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | • • | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 18 | 42 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 36 | 50 | 28 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 1.2 | 2.49 | 0.44 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.4 |
| Death-rate for all Diseases | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 9.9 |
It is satisfactory to find the zymotic death-rate very much
diminished in comparison with the preceding two years.
28 deaths from zymotic diseases were registered, giving a
zymotic death-rate of 14. During 1893 it was nearly
double. The difference is accounted for by the great
diminution in the mortality from diphtheria and whooping
cough.