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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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
STREATHAM. | Sex. | Ages. | Institutions. | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | Total under 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 to 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals | Asylums Board Hospitals. | Elsewhere. | ||
DISEASE. | |||||||||||||||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlatina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | |
Diphtheria | 15 | 6 | 9 | .. | 8 | 8 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | |
Membranous | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Typhus | FEVERS. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | |
Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Whooping Cough | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Diarrhoea & Dysentery | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Phthisis | 8 | 3 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis Pneumonia & Pleurisy | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | |
Heart Disease | 10 | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | |
Injuries | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | |
All other Diseases | 50 | 22 | 28 | 7 | .. | 7 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 2 | 1 | |
Totals | 106 | 49 | 57 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 41 | 19 | 19 | 56 | 28 | 3 |
The following Table III gives statistics of all deaths
registered as occurring within the sub-district.