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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 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: TABLE V. Cases of Sickness amongst the Out-door Poor under the Treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each Class of Disease, durnin the year that ended 31st December, 1859, compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.

TABLE V. Cases of Sickness amongst the Out-door Poor under the Treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each Class of Disease, durnin the year that ended 31st December, 1859, compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.

Sub-districtsTotal Cases of Sickncss treated in each Sub-district1. Small Fox2. Measles3. Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat4. Hooping Cough5. Diarrhoea & Dysentery6. Cholera7. Fever8. Erysipelas9. Puerperal Fever10. Lung Diseases, except Phthisis11. Phthisis12. Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofnla, aud Convulsions of Children13. Other Diseases14. - Violence, Privation, and Premature BirthTotal Deaths in each Sub-district
CasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeaths
Clapham12457756..3841211264....3201812112792071824081383149
Wandsworth12111625331209181134......16..10......15761234267113....39
Battersea800102....475294893....8110......174106141392731135
Putney and Roehampton675....1 4444118..542....1344..1..31211198345741..29
Streatham, eluding Tooting and Balham2991......2081..241....313......402922..179717..19
Totals4230104920372292578642710....36073513152929481447131995471722171