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Wandsworth 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these
diseases during the year and for the 10 previous years. This
Table is corrected for Institutions, as a large number of deaths
registered in the Borough occurred in the Fountain and Grove
Fever Hospitals, and belong to other Metropolitan Boroughs.
The number above or below the corrected decennial average is
also shown.
| 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1906 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.9 |
| Scarlet Fever | 27 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 28 | 19 | ... | 6.65 |
| Diphtheria Membranous Croup | 39 | 103 | 88 | 65 | 41 | I4 | 70 | 45 | 41 | 31 | 50 | ... | 27.3 |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | '7 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 15 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 15 | ... | 9 |
| Cont'd Fever | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | .46 | ... |
| Puerpl. Fever | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 2.9 | ... |
| Cholera | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 10 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 10 | ... | 2.9 |
| Measles | 154 | 28 | 107 | 59 | 82 | 68 | 94 | 109 | 104 | 89 | 65 | ... | 556 |
| Whooping C. | 155 | 41 | 81 | 65 | 45 | 60 | 64 | 87 | 48 | 75 | 55 | ... | 42.3 |
| Influenza | 37 | 49 | 75 | 122 | 87 | 41 | 93 | 39 | 57 | 41 | 70 | ... | 16.5 |
| Diarrhoea | 119 | 162 | 194 | 195 | 156 | 164 | 93 | 96 | 208 | 137 | 218 | 123 | ... |
| Other Septic Diseases | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 7.4 | ... |
| Totals | 564 | 438 | 596 | 549 | 471 | 426 | 535 | 434 | 511 | 451 | 530 | ... | 141.6 |
The total number of deaths from these diseases was 530, 103
in Clapham, 44 in Putney, 124 in Streatham, 87 in Tooting, and
172 in Wandsworth, an increase of 89 compared with 1905, but a
decrease of 141.6 compared with the corrected decennial average.
Compared with 1905, there has been an increase in the number
of deaths from Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Puerperal Fever,
Influenza, Diarrhœa, and other Septic diseases, and a decrease in
the number of deaths from Scarlet Fever, Erysipelas, Measles,
and Whooping Cough.