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Parish of Wandsworth.
The proportion of cases notified in this parish per
1,000 of population was .84, while in the Metropolis
this rate was .69.
In three of the cases there was reason to believe
that the disease had been contracted from eating of
oysters, and in other three from the drinking of water
from the river Wandle.
In other four of the cases the patients had only
come to the district a few days before the disease was
diagnosed.
In 19 of the cases the sanitary arrangements in the
houses occupied by the patients were found to be defective,
while in the great majority the sanitary arrangements
were good.
The annual death-rate per 1,000 from fever was .09,
and in the Metropolis .12.
Puerperal
Fever.
deaths in
11 cases were notified and five deaths occurred,
compared with six notifications and four
1897.
Erysipelas.
in 1897.
Measles.
100 cases were notified with three deaths,
compared with 111 cases and one death
This disease was again prevalent in the parish,
and more especially in Wards 5 and G.
In all 45 deaths were registered, 34 occurring in the
parish, and 11 in institutions outside the parish. In 1897
only four deaths occurred, and in 1896, 58.
The number of deaths occurring in the parish, viz. 34,
was 6'7 above the decennial average, corrected for increase
of population.