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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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104
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
Zymotic Diseases.
Ihis class of diseases causcd 126 deaihs, 2 less than last year,
and 18 less than the decennial average. The following table shows
the number of deaths, and the death-rate from these diseases, with the
total deaths from all causes, and the percentage of deaths from
these diseases to deaths from all causes for the year. The same
information is also given for the preceding 10 years, and the number
above or below the average is also stated.

Table: TABLE IV.COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.

TABLE IV.COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.

DISEASES.188418851886188718881889189018911892189318941894
No. above corrected average.No. below corrected averaee.
Seven principal Epidemic Diseases.Small Pox13...................53
Measles619283974710302379.12
Scarlet Fever53614....2531..2.8
Diphtheria46102561019202085.00
Fever1 Typhus Enteric44865455365..1.7
Whoopingl Cough17243184063518282617..5.2
Diarrhœa Choleia273528303221372541372417.9
Total Deaths from above Epidemic Diseases64941116712544134791279492..33.8
Other Zymotic Diseases193542311166034*3412.9
Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases8397116711274714595187128126..20
Zymotic Death rate per 1,000 population2.703.073.582.143.731.353.223.72.542.30.5
Total Deaths from all causes576628722610711494787780838820768..165
Percentage of Deaths from Epidemics to Deaths from all causes .11.114.915.310.91758.9017.010.315.115.6216.52.93..

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* Inclusive of 13 from Influenza.