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.
Deaths in
Outlying
Institutions.
Table TI. gives the mortality of parishioners
in the various outlying public institutions
of the Metropolis.
Of the 19 deaths, nine took place in the Wandsworth
and Claphani Union Infirmary, nine in general
aud special hospitals, and one in Metropolitan Asylums
Board hospital.
TOOTING. 1896. Diseases. | Totals. | Sex. | Ages. | Institutions. | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 & upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General and Specia Hospitals. | 1 Asylums Board | Hospitals. | |||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlatina | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . | |
Membranous Criup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . | |
Typhus | Fevers. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholaera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea and Dysentery | 1 | • • | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |
Rheumatic Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..• | |
Phthisis | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis, | ||||||||||||||
Pneumonia and Pleuray | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Heart Disease | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Injuries | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | i | •• | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |
All other Diseases | 8 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .. | |
Total | 19 | 13 | 6 | .. | 1 | 1 | i | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 |
Mortality within
the Sub-district.
Table III. gives the usual mortality statistics
classified according to age, sex, and social
position, together with particulars of deaths in public
institutions within the district, both of parishioners
and non-parishioners.