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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TABLE of populatlon, births, and ofnew cases of infectious sickness,
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics Public Institutions being shown as eparate 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 sevaral Localities for treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Census 1896. | Estimated to middle of 1898. | 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. | 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 Asylum | 1296 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Royal Hospital for Incurables | 291 | .. | .. | Under 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
St. Peter's Hospital | 60 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Prison | 993 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Patriotic Asylum for Girls | 316 | .. | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | 48 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
The Boys' Home | 198 | .. | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwds | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Workhouse | 752 | .. | 132 | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Rest of the Sub-District | 54195 | 60011 | 1689 | Under 6 | .. | 54 | 64 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 42 | 40 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | 1 | 170 | 97 | 1 | 48 | 11 | •• | 88 | .. | 93 | 60 | .. | .. | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Totals | 58101 | 63917 | 1821 | Under 5 | .. | 54 | 65 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | - | 2 | .. | 42 | 41 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwds | 1 | 223 | 97 | .. | 49 | .. | .. | 11 | .. | 98 | .. | 101 | 60 | .. | .. | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
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