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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Diphtheria, 16; Typhoid Fever, 1; Membranous Croup, 2;
Influenza, 14; Diarrhoea, 15; Erysipelas, 1; Puerperal Fever, 1.
The death-rate from all Zymotic Diseases was 2 03 per 1,000
of the population per annum.
Table A shows for the last year and the 4 preceding years the
births, deaths, death-rates, and the deaths at certain ages and
from specified causes.
Table B shows for the same years the number of Infectious
cases notified and the deaths from each notifiable disease.
Table C shows the death-rates from Zymotic Diseases for the
last 10 years.
Table 5 shows the localities in which all the notified cases of
Infectious Diseases have occurred.
TABLE .A..
1895 | 1894 | 1893 | 1892 | 1891 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Births | 857 | 704 | 780 | 738 | 711 |
Deaths | 377 | 310 | 363 | 333 | 334 |
Death-rates | 12-1 | 103 | 129 | 12-8 | 128 |
DEATHS— | |||||
Under 1 year | 102 | 81 | 107 | 90 | 76 |
Over 1 year and under | 174 | 147 | 166 | 124 | 159 |
60 years | |||||
Above 60 years | 101 | 82 | 90 | 119 | 99 |
From Measles | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
„ Scarlet Fever | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
„ Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
„ Diphtheria | 16 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
„ Diarrhoea | 15 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 11 |
„ Whooping Cough | 23 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
„ Enteric Fever | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
„ Puerperal Fever | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
„ Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
„ Influenza | 14 | 10 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
„ Membr'n'us Croup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |