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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 1879
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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The following table contrasts all the deaths which resulted from the seven principlal epidemic diseases during the past and six preceding years
| DISEASES. | 1873 | 1874 | 1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven principal Epidemics. | Small Pox | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | ... |
| Measles | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | |
| Scarlatina | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Diphtheria | .. | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 21 | ||
| Typhus, &c. | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Diarrhœa and Choleraic | 10 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 3 | |
| Totals:— | 29 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 36 | |
Other Diseases.—Tubercular diseases, Class 2, resulted
in 32 deaths, not over the average in point of number;
but 25 of these deaths were assigned to consumption as
against 17 in the year before, and 14 in 1877, shewing an
increased mortality from this class of Lung diseases.
As might be expected from the cold wet spring, and
early and severe winter, other diseases of the Respiratory
Organs, Class 5, as Bronchitis, Pueumonia, &c., were in
excess—thus 64 deaths were caused by the several
diseases in this class.
Violence (class 14) has a record of 13 deaths, the
number of violent deaths, suicidal and accidental was
remarkable; and excepting the year 1876 was double the
amount of any one of the six preceding years.
The other classes differ little from their averages, and
call for no special remark.
The following table contrasts all deaths from NonZymotic
diseases during the past seven years.