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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Zymotic Mortality in Putney & Roehampton Sub-district
| Zymotic Mortality. | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | 10 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 8 | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 29 | 24 | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 9 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 5 | 6 | 2 | •• | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | •• | 1 | 7 |
| Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 27 | 69 | 44 | 28 | 18 | 42 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 21 | 21 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 2.49 | 0.44 | 1.0 | 0.73 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Death-rate for all Diseases | 12.5 | 15.1 | 17.1 | 13.7 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 12.4 | 11.9 |