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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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* This Return does not include the Sickness and Mortality in the Workhouse.
TABLE IV.
Cases or Sickness amongst the Poor under the Treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each Class of Disease,
during the Quarter, ending 26th September, 1857, compiled from the District Medical Belief Books.
| Sub-Districts. | Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-district | 1. Small Pox. | 2. Measles. | 3. Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat. | 4, Hooping Cough. | 4. Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | 6. Cholera. | 7. Fever. | 8. Erysipelas. | 9. Puerperal Fever. | 10. Lung Diseases exceptPhthisis | 11. Phthisis. | 12. Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofu-lu,&Convulsions of Children. | 13. Other Disease. | 14. Violence, Priva tlon and Premature Birth | Total Deaths in each Sub-district. | ||||||||||||||
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| Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases, | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | | Cases. 1 | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths. | |||
| CLAPHAM | 462 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 252 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 118 | 4 | 21 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| WANDSWORTH | 357 | 1 | 147 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 193 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 'BATTERSEA | 270 | 98 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 159 | 2 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| PUTNEY | 206 | 101 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| STREATHAM | 76 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TOOTING | 81 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| BALHAM | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 1474 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 630 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 659 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 52 | ||||||||