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 V.
Cases of Sickness amongst the Out-door Poor under the treatment of the Union Medical Officers, and the Deaths from each class of Disease, &c., during the Year that ended 31st December, 1861. Compiled from the 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. | 7—Fever. | 8—Erysipelas. | 9—Puerperal Fever. | 10—Lung Diseases, except Phthisis. | 11—Phthisis. | 12—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofula, and Convulsions of Children. | 13—Other Diseases. | 14—Violence, Privation, 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. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |||
Clapham | 1262 | 55 | 1 | 2 | .. | 21 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 123 | 2 | .. | .. | 155 | 6 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 133 | 6 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 639 | 23 | 64 | .. | 57 |
Wandsworth | 1371 | 23 | 1 | 7 | .. | 30 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 210 | 2 | .. | .. | 66 | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 166 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 790 | 8 | .. | .. | 35 |
Battersea | 970 | 4 | 1 | 23 | .. | 127 | 13 | 14 | .. | 128 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 191 | 5 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 443 | 8 | 9 | .. | 33 |
Putney and Roehampton | 599 | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 43 | 1 | .. | .. | 40 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | 44 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 347 | 5 | 42 | • • | 24 | |
Streatham, including Tooting and Balham | 269 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 41 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | 173 | 4 | 13 | • • | 10 |
Totals | 171 | 83 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 228 | 27 | 62 | 3 | 554 | 6 | .. | .. | 292 | 11 | 23 | .. | 1 | 575 | 29 | 58 | 24 | 33 | 7 | 2392 | 48 | 128 | .. | 159 |