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Parish of Wandsworth.
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Notification of Infectious Diseases.
During 1896, 654 cases of infectious disease were
notified, an increase of 109 compared with 1895. In
1892, 588, in 1893, 868, and in 1894, 444 cases were
notified.
Scarlet fever shows a considerable increase over
1895, but a decrease compared with 1893, the last year
that this disease was present as an epidemic. The increase
in diphtheria and croup is not so marked, 100
cases having been notified in 1896 compared with 71 in
1895. In 1893, 151 cases were notified, and in 1894,
110.
The annual rate for these notifiable diseases per
1,000 persons living was, in this parish, 11.1 compared
with 7.6 in 1895. For the whole Metropolis for the
year 1895 the rate was also 11.1 compared with 9.5 in
1895.
The death-rate per 1,000 from these notifiable
diseases was only .66, while lor the whole of the Metropolis
this rate was .72.
The total number of deaths was 39, 19 of these
occurring in hospital and 20 at home, compared with
31 in 1895. This was equal to 5 9 per cent. of the
cases notified, compared with 6.9 in 1895,10.36 in 1894,
and 8.8 in 1893.
The number of the several diseases, the number
sent to hospital, and the number of deaths in hospital
and at home are shown in the following table:—