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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| DISEASES. | 1906 | 1905 | 1904 | 1903 | 1902 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases Notified. | J Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | |
| Small Pox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 55 | 9 | 39 | 2 | 36 | 6 | 58 | 4 | 80 | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 32 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 46 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 229 | 5 | 110 | 3 | 106 | 0 | 113 | 1 | 128 | 0 |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | 5 | 39 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| *Measles | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 104 | 4 | 1026 | 11 |
| Totals | 328 | 43 | 240 | 13 | 199 | 34 | 324 | 14 | 1308 | 24 |
| * Measles notifiable from June, 1898 to June, 1903. | ||||||||||
| Year. | Zymotic Death-rate. | Death-Rate From | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | "Fever." | Whooping Cough. | Measles. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis and other Tuberc'lo's Diseases. | ||
| 1897 | 2 0 | - | .05 | 17 | .02 | .2 | .45 | .82 | .6 |
| 1898 | 20 | - | .05 | .18 | .02 | .08 | .05 | 1.51 | .9 |
| 1899 | 1.83 | - | .05 | .31 | .15 | .39 | .02 | .55 | 1.05 |
| 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 | .04 | .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 |