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Wandsworth 1908
[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.
| 1898 | 1899 | I900 | 1901 | I902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1908 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | ||||||||||||
| 3.7 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3.3 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| 511 | |||||||||||||
The total number of deaths from these diseases was 377, 75
in Clapham, 29 in Putney, 106 in Streatham, 53 in Tooting, and
114 in Wandsworth, a decrease of 53 compared with 1907, and
of 264 compared with the corrected decennial average.
Compared with 1907 there has been an increase in the number
of deaths from Diarrhœa, other Continued Fevers, and other
Septic diseases, and a decrease in the number of deaths from
Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Puerperal Fever, Erysipelas,
Measles, Whooping Cough, and Influenza.