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Wandsworth 1870

[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, 1870. 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— D iarrha and Dysentery.6—Cholera.7—Fever.8—Erysipelas.9—Puerperal Fever.10—Lung Diseases except Phthisis.11—Phthisis.12—Hydrocephalus, 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.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths49
Clapham1162234503228118931773416931762645181556
Wandsworth20198134710422208637324244519142114106021104170
Battersea237058678373318180423974420283531811161218676
Putney and Roehampton3351715137172...i3277520772021
Streatham, including Tooting and Balham151172622213321055311
Totals6037901015871542378252014460133621078587619679305169269127
***The ratio of deaths to cases treated was 3.7 per cent; during the preceding year it was 3.5 per cent.