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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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75
Parish of Streatham.

Table: TABLE II.Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

TABLE II.

Deaths in Outlying Institutions.

STREATHAM. DISEASE.Totals.Sex.Ages| Institutions.Elsewhere.
Males.Females.Under 1 years.From 1 to 5 years.Total under 5 years.From 5 to 15 years.From 15 to 25 years.From 25 to 65 years.65 years and upwards.Union Infirmary.General & Special Hospitals.Asylums Board Hospitals.
Small Pox............................
Scarlatina221..11..........2..
Diphtheria523..441......113
Membranous Croup............................
TyphusFEVERS.............................
Enteric............................
Continued............................
Relapsing............................
Puerperal............................
Cholera............................
Erysipelas11..............1..1....
Measles3..3..33........2..1..
Whooping Cough............................
Diarrhœa & Dysentery22..2..2........2......
Rheumatic1..1......1........1....
Ague............................
Phthisis972........36..54....
Bronchitis Pneumonia & Pleuresy431..........3113....
Heart Disease1468........19466..2
Injuries752224....3..15..1
All other Diseases4525203363320131628..1
Totals93534081220674119344964

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In the Wandsworth and Clapham Union Infirmary
34 of the deaths occurred, being equal to 36'5 per cent,
of the total deaths in outlying institutions; 49 or 52'7
per cent, in general and special hospitals; 6 or 6'5
per cent, in the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board; and 4 or 4'3 per cent, elsewhere.