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 amongst the out-door Poor under the treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each class of Disease, during the year ended 31st December, 1867. Compiled from the District Medical Belief 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—Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | 6—Cholera. | 7—Fever. | 8—Erysipelas | 9—Puerperal Fever. | 10—Lung Diseases except Phthisis. | 11—Phthisis. | 12—H ydrocephalus Atrophy, Scrofula, and Convulsions of Children. | 13—Other Diseases. | 14—Violence, Priv-tion, and Prema ture 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. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths | |||
20 | 10 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 8 | ... | 162 | 10 | 20 | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
26 | ... | 15 | 2 | 120 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 277 | ||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 80 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 10 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 8 | 20 | ... | |||||||||||||||||
559 | 6 | 62 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 2807 | |||||||||||||||||||||||