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. | Elsewhere. | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | |||
DISEASE. | |||||||||||||||
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Scarlatina | 5 | 1 | 4 | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria | 17 | 11 | 6 | i | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | .. | |
Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Typhus | FEVERS. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | I | 1 | .. | |
Consinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
Diarrhœa & Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Phthisis | 6 | i | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis Pneumonia & Pleurisy | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | .. | .. | |
Heart Disease | 6 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | |
Injuries | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | |
All other Diseases | 42 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 29 | .. | ||
Totals | 101 | 51 | 50 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 18 | 23 | 52 | 24 | 2 |
The following Table III gives statistics of all deaths
registered as occurring within the sub-district.