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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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Sub-district of Putney and Roehampton.
Diseases of the
Respiratory
Systems.
Only 42 deaths arising from diseases of this
class were registered—a smaller number then
we have had within the last four years with
the exception of 1894. I think this is chiefly to be
accounted for by the absence of Influenza in a very
serious form.
Inquests.
The following Table gives the number of
inquests held during the year, and the causes of death in
the respective cases.
Only 15 inquests took place, compared with 75
during the preceeding year.
| Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Drowning | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Fracture of Skull | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Suffocation | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Want of attention at Birth | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Bullet Wound | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Haemorrhage from umbilicis | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| — | — | - | ||
| Total | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
Disinfection is still being carried out by the same
method followed in previous years, and the bedding, &c.,
is subjected to the action of superheated steam, by a contractor
acting for us.
I am satisfied that the process of disinfection as carried