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Wandsworth 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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72
Zymotic Diseases, their prevalence and mortality.
The total deaths in this class were 41—13 of males
and 28 of females. They give a percentage of 12.0
upon the number of deaths from all causes during the
year, as against 14.6 in the previous year, and a rate of
1.52 per 1000 of the population.

Table: The following Table contrasts all the deaths which resulted from the seven principal epidemic diseases during the past ten years:—

The following Table contrasts all the deaths which resulted from the seven principal epidemic diseases during the past ten years:—

DISEASE.1873187418751876187718781879188018811882
Seven principal Epidemics.Small Pox...2......41.........
Measles39222112135
Scarlatina134412534.139
Diphtheria...137332714
Whooping Cough835761121899
Typhus, &c.7225513521
Diarrhœa and Cho-leraic Disease106964133693
Totals29262531254236613731

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This Table shows that 31 deaths resulted from the
seven principal diseases in this class, as against 37 in the
previous year, and present a marked contrast to the
figures 61 in the year 1880. The number recorded this
year is below the average of the nine preceding years,
without correction for increase of population.
Examined more in detail we find no death from
Small Pox, and as no case was sent into Hospital, nor
any house disinfected after the disease by the Inspector
of Nuisances, it may fairly be said that Small Pox
was not present in the District during the year.