Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Table B.
DISEASES. | 1909 | 1908 | 1907 | 1906 | 1905 | |||||
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Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | |
Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Diphtheria | 90 | 7 | 94 | 9 | 83 | 6 | 55 | 9 | 39 | 2 |
Erysipelas | 35 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 50 | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 316 | 3 | 131 | 3 | 281 | 5 | 229 | 5 | 110 | 3 |
Enteric Fever | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 5 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 447 | 12 | 266 | 15 | 436 | 14 | 328 | 24 | 240 | 12 |
Table C.
Year. | Zymotic Death-rate. | Death-Rate From | |||||||
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Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | "Fever." | Whooping Cough. | Measles. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis and other Tuberc'los Diseases. | ||
1900 | 1.77 | - | - | .25 | .12 | .12 | .43 | .48 | .6 |
1901 | 1.5 | - | .02 | .14 | — | .31 | .24 | .57 | 1.04 |
1902 | 1.02 | - | — | .16 | .06 | .39 | .25 | .13 | .7 |
1903 | .73 | - | .02 | .08 | .01 | .19 | .08 | .28 | 1.08 |
1904 | 1.9 | - | - | .12 | .08 | .29 | .48 | .9 | .83 |
1905 | .78 | - | .06 | .04 | .12 | .20 | .02 | .31 | .82 |
1906 | 2.7 | - | 1 | .18 | .1 | .08 | .38 | 1.8 | 1.1 |
1907 | 1.3 | - | .09 | .11 | .05 | .58 | .19 | .32 | 1.1 |
1908 | .55 | - | .05 | .16 | .01 | .07 | .09 | .14 | .9 |
1909 | .72 | — | .05 | .12 | — | .21 | .17 | .15 | .75 |