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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 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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| 1881 | 1880 | 1879 | 1878 | 1877 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 60 | 22 | 47 | 6 | 47 | |
| Diarrhœa and Infantile Cholera | 45 | 78 | 43 | 71 | 47 | |
| Whooping Cough | 37 | 43 | 39 | 63 | 26 | |
| Scarlatina | 20 | 63 | 44 | 19 | 18 | |
| Fevers | Typhoid 14 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 17 |
| Typhus 2 | ||||||
| Relapsing 1 | ||||||
| Small Pox | 17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 28 | |
| Metria (Childbirth) | 8 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 8 | |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Croup | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 10 | |
| Diptheria | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 217 | 237 | 218 | 194 | 206 | |
| Zymotic Death-rate per 1,000 per Annum | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 | |
The large mortality from Measles, 60 deaths, is to
be accounted for by the fact that an epidemic of this
disease occurred, for the most part, during a period of
low temperature, and generally inclement weather;
with the consequently greater liability to Pneumonia
and Bronchitis, which latter diseases were in nearly
every case the complication that caused the fatal issue.
Prom the bowel affections grouped as Diarrhœa and
Infantile Cholera 45 deaths were registered. These were,
however, fewer by 33 than during the preceeding year.
Prom Whooping-cough 37 deaths arose, generally in
combination with Pneumonia and Bronchitis, and the
observations made with reference to Measles and lung
affections, equally apply in the case of Whooping-cough
Scarlatina was the next most fatal disease of this
class, ranking fourth in its mortality. Twenty deaths were