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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wimbledon 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE B.
| DISEASES | 1902 | 1901. | 1900 | 1899 | 1898. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths.. | Cases Notified | Deaths. | Uases Notified. | Dentlis | Cases Notified | Deaths. | |
| Small Pox | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 80 | 7 | 6O | 6 | 64 | 10 | 64 | 60 | 7 | |
| Erysipelas | 46 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 58 | 3 |
| Scarlet. Fever | 158 | 0 | 90 | 1 | 112 | 0 | 149 | 98 | ||
| Enteric Fever. | 3 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 11 | 1 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| *Measles | 1026 | 11 | 453 | 10 | 1069 | 17 | 273 | 1 | 55 | |
| **Chicken Pox | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1478 | 24 | 672 | 1315 | 35 | 609 | 23 | 285 | 15 | |
* Measles notifiable since June. 1898.
** Chicken Pox notifiable from Feb. 3rd to July 22nd, 1892
TABLE C.
| 1902 | 1901 | 1900 | 1899 | 1898 | 1897 | 1896 | 1895 | 1894 | 1893 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zymotic Rate. | 102 | 15 | 1 77 | 1.83 | 20 | 20 | 1.63 | 203 | 1 50 | 203 |