[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon].

  • Wimbledon (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1899?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    11 inculcating rational notions on the best method of feeding infants, and in general cleanliness. I am certain that a prompt and complete removal if possible, of all organic refuse, the paving of yards, and all open spaces immediately around dwellings with an impervious paving, and the sealing of the ground upon which the house stands against the access of contamination from the soil, by a bed of good concrete, (as is done in all new houses now) must in the future have a considerable influence for the better in checking this disease. The essential condition to an epidemic of summer diarrhoea was present in a high temperature during August and September. The rainfall in August was 1.04, and in September 1.22. Table A on page 3 shows at a glance the deaths from Diarrhoea for the past five years. The following table shows the temperature, rainfall, and number of deaths per fortnight from July 16th to October 8th. Mean Temperature for Fortnight. Number of Deaths in Fortnight. Rainfall in Fortnight in inches. Fortnight ending July 30 58 0 .78 „ „ Aug. 13 62 2 .72 ,, ,, ,,27 65 18 .17 „ ,, Sop. 10 67 22 .15 ,, ,, ,,24 62 13 .17 ,, ,, Oct. 8 59 0 .05 Whooping Whooping Cough caused three deaths, as against seven Cough in 1897, and fifteen in 1896.