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Wandsworth 1866

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

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TABLE V. Cases of Sickness, Accidents, &c., amongst the Poor under the treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., during the year ended 31st December, 1866. Compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.

SUB-DISTRICTS.Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-district.1—Small Pox.2—Measles.3—Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat.4—Whooping Cough.5—Diarrhœa and Dysentery.6—Cholera.7—Fever.8—Erysipelas9—Puerperal Fever.10—Lung Diseases except Phthisis.11—Phthisis.12—Hydrocephnlus Atrophy, Scrofula, and Convulsions of Children.13—Other Diseases.14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth.Total Deaths in each Sub-District
Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.DeathsCases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.I Deaths.1 Cases.1 Deaths.I Cases.Deaths.| Cases.Deaths
Clapham1115537543528214033129934.........14313151824942061260
Wandsworth128112...64316...14...24631045118...2...146131325269292239
Battersea128633247319...2017838387218.........2937256702536452235
Putney and Roehampton388......1954...10...53241......4...1...39353......215534...19
Streatham, including Tooting and Balham2113...313...616.........912.........446332...114816127
Totals4281101918715472584523115310246736...3...6654261158562051461657174

*** The ratio of deaths to cases treated is 4.8 per cent. for the entire district.