Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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—Erysipelas | 9—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 | ||||||||||||||
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Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | I Deaths. | 1 Cases. | 1 Deaths. | I Cases. | Deaths. | | Cases. | Deaths | |||
Clapham | 1115 | 53 | 7 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 140 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 99 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 143 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 494 | 20 | 61 | 2 | 60 |
Wandsworth | 1281 | 12 | ... | 64 | 3 | 16 | ... | 14 | ... | 246 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 8 | ... | 2 | ... | 146 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 692 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 39 |
Battersea | 1286 | 33 | 2 | 47 | 3 | 19 | ... | 20 | 1 | 78 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 87 | 2 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 293 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 70 | 2 | 536 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 35 |
Putney and Roehampton | 388 | ... | ... | 19 | 5 | 4 | ... | 10 | ... | 53 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 39 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 215 | 5 | 34 | ... | 19 | |
Streatham, including Tooting and Balham | 211 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | 6 | 1 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 44 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | 114 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 27 |
Totals | 4281 | 101 | 9 | 187 | 15 | 47 | 2 | 58 | 4 | 523 | 11 | 53 | 10 | 246 | 7 | 36 | ... | 3 | ... | 665 | 42 | 61 | 15 | 85 | 6 | 2051 | 46 | 165 | 7 | 174 |
*** The ratio of deaths to cases treated is 4.8 per cent. for the entire district.