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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Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all Ages | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1895. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | MembranousCroup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | |||||||||||||||||
(a) | (*) | to | (<0 | to | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Middlesex Lunatic Asylum | 1250 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Hospital for Incurables | .. | .. | Under r | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
St. Peter's Hospital | 60 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Workhouse | .. | 133 | Under 5 | 27 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
5 upwds | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 28 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Prison | 1007 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Patriotic Asylum for Girls | 331 | .. | .. | Under 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
The Cottage Home | 12 | .. | .. | Under D | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Rest of the Sub-District | 43209 | .. | Under 5 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
5 upwds | 5 | .. | 41 | .. | .. | 2 | 90 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
57683 | 1682 | Under 5 | 50 | 18 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
5 upwds | 7 | 134 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |