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Wandsworth 1897

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

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

coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Healthy during the year1897,in thewandsworth Sub-districtof the Metropolitan Sanitary District ofWandsworth ;classified according toDiseases, Ages,andLocalities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all agesRegistered 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 sevaral Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital.
Census 1896.Estimated to middle of 1897.12345678910111234567891011
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.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)(b)(c)(d)(e)
Middlesex Lunatic Asylum1298....Under 5............................................
5 upwds..1................3..1..................
Royal Hospital for Incurables291....Under 5............................................
5 upwds............................................
St. Peter's Hospital60....Under 5............................................
5 upwds..1................1..1..................
Prison993....Under 5............................................
5 upwds....................4......................
Patriotic Asylum for Girls316....Under 5............................................
5 upwds............................................
The Boys' Home198....Under 5............................................
5 upwds..71..................61................
Workhouse752..124Under 5..3....................3..................
5 upwds..4................12..4..................
Rest of the Sub-District54195573451698Under 5..136734..21......6..7446....2..........
5 upwds..349169••..351..6..82*•22158....14..........
Totals58101612511822Under 5..139734..21......6..7746....2..........
5 upwds..362170....351..6..102..23359....14..........