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Parish of Wandsworth.
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The death-rate for the whole of London was 335,
compared with .420 in 1899. This parish consequently
shows a greatly lessened death-rate, not only compared
with last year, but also compared with the whole of
London.
The death-rate for England and Wales was .29
per 1,000, .121 above the death-rate for this parish.
During the year, 69 cases were notified and
Enteric Fever. 17 deaths occurred, compared with 45 cases
and five deaths in 1899, and 51 cases with six deaths
in 1898. 33 of the cases were removed to hospital,
where 10 died, and 36 were treated at home with seven
deaths.
The proportion of cases notified per 1,000 of
population, was .99 compared with .93 for the whole
of London.
Of these 69 cases, eight were notified from the
Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, and one from the Brompton
Hospital, leaving 60 cases properly belonging to this
parish.
The proportion of notified cases corrected for above
was .91 per 1,000, slightly under the rate for all London.
This disease was more prevalent during the year
1900 than in the previous years, and this was not
peculiar to this parish but applies to the whole of the
Metropolis.
The subjoined table shows the prevalence in the
various wards of the parish:—