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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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Mcdical Officers of Health Annual Report.
The following are the death-rates per 1000 of population from zymotic diseases, inclusive of deaths in outlying institutions, in 1893 and 1894.
| Death-rate per 1000. | ||||
| 1893 | 1894 | |||
| Diarrhœa | .797 | .452 | ||
| Diphtheria and Croup | .676 | .396 | ||
| Whooping Cough | .497 | .339 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | .278 | .056 | ||
| Influenza | .278 | .245 | ||
| Enteric Fever | .179 | .112 | ||
| Measles | .039 | .754 | ||
Measles is the only disease which shows an increase, the others
all showing a satisfactory decrease.
Notification of Infectious Diseases
The total number of cases of infectious diseases notified during
the year was 444, as against 868 in 1893, and 588 in 1892. The
notifications of small pox were 11, scarlet fever 307, erysipelas 60,
diphtheria 41, membranous croup 14 less, while enteric fever was 2,
continued fever 1, and puerperal fever 6 more than last year. 3 of
the cases of puerperal fever, 4 of scarlet fever and 33 of erysipelas,
occurred in the Workhouse; 1 of diphtheria, 1 of enteric fever,
and 1 of erysipelas in the Prison; 4 of erysipelas in the Middlesex
Lunatic Asylum, 1 of enteric fever in the Royal Hospital for
Incurables, and 4 of erysipelas in the Patriotic Asylum.
The number of deaths was 46 or 10*^6 per cent, of all the cases
notified, compared with 8-8 per cent, in 1893 and 9*6 per cent, in
1892.
The number of the several diseases, the number of patients sent
to hospital, and the number of deaths that occurred in hospital, as
well as in the sub-district, are given in the following Table.