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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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TABLE IV.

COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ZYMOTIC MORTALITY.

Diseases.188118821883188418851886188718881889189018911891.
No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
Seven 'principal Epidemic Diseases.Small Pox9....13..............1.7
Measles5181461928203974710..16
Scarlet199553614....2..4
Fever
Dinhtheria43114610256101913..
FeverTyphus191244865455..2
Enteric
Whooping1226517243184063518..7
Cough
Diarrhoea1929102735283032213725..9
Cholera
Total Deaths from above Epidemio Diseases6994576494111671254413481..39
Other Zymotic Diseases71420193542311165..
Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases76108778397116711274714597..24
Zymotic Death-rate per 1,000 population2.713.722.572.703.073.582.143.731.353.22..1.3
Total Deaths from all causes507544499576628722610711494787780....
Percentage of Deaths from Epidemics to Deaths from all causes13.617.211.411.114.915.310.917.58.9017.010.3..7.3

* Inclusive of 15 from Influenza.