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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1895

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

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Table: tableTABLE OFPOPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OP NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,(B) coming to the knowledge of the Medical- Officer of Health, during the year1895,in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District ofTooting ;classified according toDiseases,Ages,andLocalities.

tableTABLE OFPOPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OP NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,

(B) coming to the knowledge of the Medical- Officer of Health, during the year1895,in the Metropolitan Sanitary Sub-District of

Tooting ;classified according toDiseases,Ages,andLocalities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separato localities.Population at all agesRegistered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases on sickness in bach locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer op health.Number of such Casks Removed from their homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1895.12345678910111234567891011
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheria.Membranous Croup.FeversCholera.Erysipelas.
Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
(a)(b)(e)(d)(e)
Tooting57846250197Under 5...137...........................106........................
5 upwds...187......5............5...135......1...............
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Total57846250197Under 5...1371........................106........................
5 upwds...187......5............5...135...... 1...............