London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1893
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893
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| DISEASE. | Total. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums' Board Hospitals, | ||
| Influenza | l | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 3 | 6 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 4 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 3 | 8 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 11 |
| Diarrhoea | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping-Cough | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Total Zymotic Diseases | 38 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| Tubercular Diseases | 25 | 13 | 12 | .. | 25 | .. | 15 | 5 | 5 |
| Cancer | 8 | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .. |
| Rheumatism | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Respiratory Diseases | 22 | 10 | 12 | .. | 5 | 16 | 18 | 2 | .. |
| Circulatory Diseases | 20 | 11 | 9 | .. | 5 | 15 | 19 | 1 | .. |
| Nervous Diseases | 14 | V | .. | 6 | 8 | .. | 1 | 6 | |
| Other Diseases | 17 | 10 | .. | 13 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | |
| Violence | 7 | 3 | 4 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 4 | .. |
| Age | 8 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 8 | 8 | .. | .. |
| 161 | 79 | 82 | 9 | 91 | 61 | 101 | 27 | 33 | |