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Wandsworth 1884

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

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Table:

DISEASE.JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Mean Temp. 43.4Mean Temp. 52.5Mean Temp. 62.7Mean Temp. 44.1
Small Pox..........1............
Measles122........1........
Scarlatina......2....2..1......
Diphtheria11..1....1..........
Whooping' Cough35151..........11
Diarrhœa1..11....512421..
Fever..........1....21....
Totals6849128137321
1812286

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The mean temperature of the year was 50.7° or 2.1° higher
than the average (vide Table 7 Appendix). The temperature
of the first quarter, was 4.7°; of the second quarter, 0.2; of
the third, 3.0°; and of the fourth quarter, 0.5° above the
average. To the high temperature of the summer quarter
the excess in the mortality from diarrhoea is attributed in the
Annual Summary of the Registrar-General, and for a similar
but converse reason it would seem that to the unusually high
temperature of the first quarter the great diminution in the
fatality from diseases of the Respiratory Organs was most
probably due.
Deaths in relation to Social Position.—The following Table
exhibits the relative proportion ot the total deaths and of the
deaths from zymotic diseases amongst the several classes of
the inhabitants:—