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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 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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TABLE IV.
Cases of Sickness under the Treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each Class of Disease, during the Quarter, ending 28th March. 1857. Compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.
| Sud-Districts. | Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District. | 1. Small Pox. | 2. Measles. | 3. Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat. | 4. Hooping Cough. | 5. Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | 6. Cholera. | 7. Fever. | 8. Erysipelas. | 9. Puerperal Fever. | 10. Lung Diseases except Phthisis | 11. Phthisis. | 12. Hydrocephalus Atrophy, Scorfu-la,& Convulsions of children. | 13. Other Diseases | 14. Violence, Privation, & Pre. mature Birth | Total Deaths in each Sub-District. | ||||||||||||||
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| Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | | Cases. | Deaths | | Cases. | 1 Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths j | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | |||
| CLAP HAM | 280 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 147 | 6 | 20 | 12 11 | |||||||||||||
| WANDSWORTH | 315 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 206 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| BATTER SEA | 303 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 65 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 167 | 4 | 15 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| PUTNEY | 150 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 104 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| STREATHAM... | 43 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 8 | 3 | 25 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TOOTING | 32 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| BALAAM | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 1140 | 34 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 43 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 193 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 680 | 16 | 54 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||