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Wandsworth 1920

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

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16
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these
diseases during the year and for the 10 previous years. The
number above or below the corrected decennial average is also
shown.

Table: TABLE XVI.

TABLE XVI.

1910.I9II.1912.1913-1914.I9I5- "1916.1917.1918.1919.I920.1920.
No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
Small-pox.......................................
Scarlet Fever1210111113225133711...3
Diphtheria163418184153553735416831...
Typhus Fever.......................................
Enteric Fever89855657522...4.4
Cont'd Fever3....................................
Puerpl. Fever5811139496816144.5...
Cholera.......................................
Erysipelas41056119567192...
Measles44230511162615222129451847...42
Whooping C6866572353664929581519...32
Influenza552445595890745683431099...69
Diarrhcea88350851681861259578965862...77
Tuberculous Diseases351389366355389434396424455342315...94
Cerebro-spinal Fever33111201611894...3.6
Other Infective Diseases10212722322019.21181222.8...
Totals667115468579782410017508171572831672...284

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The total number of deaths from these diseases was 672, 131
in Clapham, 43 in Putney, 222 in Streatham, 78 in Tooting, and
198 in Wandsworth.
From all infective diseases the death-rate was 1.96 per
1,000 (1.90 in Clapham, 1.48 in Putney, 2.07 in Streatham,
2.00 in Tooting, and 1.96 in Wandsworth).