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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of infectious disease,—Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, and
Diphtheria. The first two were removed to the Asylums
Board Hospitals, and the last to one of the General
Hospitals. The majority were cases of constitutional or
local disease, and a large proportion died in the Union
Infirmary, where presumably they had spent some time
previous to their decease.
The total death-rate inclusive of these 29 deaths
would be 13.2 per 1,000, and the zymotic mortality
1.4 per 1,000 per annum.
DISEASE. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total. | Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. | |
Small-pox | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Zymotic Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tubercular Diseases | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. |
Cancer | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Rheumatism. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Respiratory Diseases | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. |
Circulatory Diseases | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. |
Nervous Disease | 6 | 6 | 0 | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. |
Other Diseases | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. |
Violence | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 29 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 2 |