London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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| 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 7 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 21 | .. | 5 | 12 | 36 | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 13 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Enteric Fever | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 22 | 9 | 34 | 19 | 18 |
| Epidemic Diarrhœa | 9 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 15 |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 5 |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 35 |
| Total deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 65 | 54 | 34 | 67 | 64 | 74 | 32 | 79 | 95 | 106 |
| Zymotic Death-rate | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 |
| Death-rate from all Diseases | 14.9 | 15.3 | 13.9 | 15.0 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 12.4 |
The total number of deaths from Zymotic Diseases,
exceeded the decennial average, 71 of the deaths
(over three-fifths) from these diseases were due to
Measles, Influenza and Whooping Cough. There were
35 deaths due primarily to Influenza; the epidemic was
at its height during the months of January and
February, when 30 (or six-sevenths of the total deaths
from the disease during the whole year) occurred.