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Wandsworth 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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108
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following' Table shows the death-rate from Zymotic
diseases for the whole Borough for the year, as well as for the
five previous years.

Table: TABLE LI.

TABLE LI.

Death-rate per i,coo:—
190319041905190619071908
Small-pox.....................
Diarrhoea ....38.79.48.70.20.30
Diphtheria.18.16.10.16.12.11
Whooping Cough.34.18.25.17.32.18
Scarlet Fever.07.05.09.06.07.06
Influenza ....15.22.14.22.27.24
Enteric Fever.07.04.04.048.03.02
Measles.43.39.31.21.21.13

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OTHER SEPTIC DISEASES.
11 deaths were caused by other Septic diseases, two in Clapham,
four in Streatham, one in Tooting, and four in Wandsworth.
Of these, eight were stated to have been due to Septicaemia
or Pyasmia, three to Ulcerative or Malignant Endocarditis, and
one to Glanders.
The death caused by Glanders was a male of 20 years, and as
he was a clerk and not engaged in looking after horses it was
difficult to trace the source of infection. The only source of infection
that could be ascertained was that he, when playing at a
certain cricket match, stroked a horse in the cricket field, which
afterwards was found to be suffering from the disease. This
information was not obtained until after the inquest.