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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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| Diseases. | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1892 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | ||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.3 | ||
| Measles | 18 | 14 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 47 | 10 | 30 | 3 | .. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | ||
| Diphtheria | 3 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 10 | .. | ||
| Typhus | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .. | 3 | ||
| Enteric | |||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 26 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 31 | 8 | 40 | 6 | 35 | 18 | 28 | 1 | .. | ||
| Diarrhœa Cholera | 29 | 10 | 27 | 35 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 21 | 37 | 25 | 41 | 7 | •• | ||
| Total Deaths from above Epidemic Diseases | 94 | 57 | 64 | 94 | 111 | 67 | 125 | 44 | 134 | 81 | 127 | 15 | .. | ||
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 14 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 | *60 | 37 | .. | ||
| Total Deaths from Zymotic Diseases | 108 | 77 | 83 | 97 | 116 | 71 | 127 | 47 | 145 | 97 | 187 | 62 | .. | ||
| Zymotic Death rate per 1,000 population | 3.72 | 2.57 | 2.70 | 3.07 | 3.58 | 2.14 | 3.73 | 1.35 | 3.2 | 2 | 3.7 | 18 | .. | ||
| Total Deaths from all causes | 544 | 499 | 576 | 628 | 722 | 610 | 711 | 494 | 787 | 780 | 838 | 13 | .. | ||
| Percentage of Deaths from Epidemics to Deaths from all causes . | 17.2 | 11.4 | 111 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 10.9 | 17 5 | 8.90 | 17.0 | 10.3 | 15.1 | .. | 2.4 | ||
* Inclusive of 44 from Inflnenza.
In consequence of the great fatality that results from
these diseases, especially amongst young children a more
detailed examination of each member of the group may
be advantageously made.
Small.pox. No case of small.pox was notified during the
year. In reference to this disease, the official return of
public vaccination made by the vaccination officer to the