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Wandsworth 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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STEEATHAM,
INCLUDING
BALHAM AND TOOTING.
I am enabled to give a favourable report on the health
of this sub.district during the year 1886, though it
declined somewhat from the exceptionally high standard
attained in the previous year. The death.rate rose to
15.0 per 1,000 in consequence of the increased rate of
mortality that resulted from Measles, Whooping Cough
and Diarrhœa.
On the other hand there was a marked decline in the
mortality arising from other diseases in the infectious
class. No death took place from either Small Pox or
Scarlet Fever, only 2 from Typhoid Fever and 6 from
Diphtheria.