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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 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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TABLE 7 Cases of Sickness, &c., with the Number of Deaths therefore amongst the Out door Poor Under Treatment of the Union Medical Officers, during the year that ended the 31st of December, 1860, compiled from District Medical Relief Books.
| SUB-DISTRICTS. | Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District. | 1—Small Pox. | 2—Measles. | 3—Scarlatina and Malignant Sore Throat. | 4—"Whooping Cough. | 5—Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | 6—Cholera. 8. | 7—Fever. | 8—Erysipelas. | 9—Puerperal Fever. | 10—Lung Diseases, except Phthisis. | 11—Phthisis. | 12—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofula and Convulsions ol Children. | 13—Other Diseases, &c. | 14—Violence, Privation and Premature Birth. | Total Deaths in each Sub-District | ||||||||||||||
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| Cases. | Deaths, | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Death? | Cases. | Death | Cases. | deaths. | Cases. | Death | Oases, | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths | |||
| Ciapham | 1301 | 72 | 5 | 113 | 4 | 45 | 6 | 28 | 37 | l | 156 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 202 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 535 | 15 | 64 | 2 | 59 | ||||
| Wandsworth | 1241 | 26 | 13 | ... | 32 | 2 | 4 | 105 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 245 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 758 | 6 | 32 | |||||||||
| Battersea | 739 | 47 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 10 | ... | 19 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 188 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 341 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 37 | ||||||
| Putney and Roehampton | 431 | 4 | .. | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 21 | ... | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 311 | 5 | 32 | 14 | ||||||
| Streatham, including Toot-" ir.g and Balham | 247 | 5 | .. | 2 | ... | 2 | .. | 13 | .. | 10 | ... | 7 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 135 | 10 | 19 | 20 | ||||||||
| Totals | 3959 | 144 | 10 | 183 | 5 | 90 | j 8 | 66 | 3 | 101 | 4 | .. | ... | 189 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 9 | 702 | 38 | 51 | 24 | 53 | 17 | 2080 | 43 | 147 | 3 | 162 | |