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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

Wandsworth 1896

Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896

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District.

Table: TABLE VIII.

TABLE VIII.

188818891890189118921893189418951896
Clapham2.331.671.72.22.993.32.42.833.14
Putney1.12.851.21.42.23.41.61.82.7
Streatham1.95.971.92.22.51.91.61.82.1
Tooting..2.51.92.02.67.15.92.72.8
Wandsworth3.971.523.42.34.23.32.642.033.96
Whole District)2.481.42.52.23.13.052.282.12.97

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The death-rate is 2.97. It shows a rise on the two
previous years, but is less than 1892 or 1893.

Table: TABLE IX.Number of Notifications received during the year.

TABLE IX.

Number of Notifications received during the year.

Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole District.
Small Poxl. .. .. .1
Scarlatina2218324831400983
Diphtheria6849601198286
Membranous Croup. .1. .. .23
TyphusFevers.. .. .. .. .. .. .
Enteric31152732298
Continued1322. .8
Relapsing. .. .. .. .. .. .
Puerperal111. .710
Cholera. .. .. .1. .1
Erysipelas75124712116262
Totals398164385606451652