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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 1862

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: 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, 1862.— Compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.

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, 1862.— Compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.

SUB-DISTRICTS.Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District.1—Small Pox.2—Measles.i 3—Scarlatina & Malignant Sore Throat.4—Whooping Cough.5 —Diarrhœa & 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.
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.
Clapham122611...34237328108.........20328......4...185730715...4891574241
wandsworth14103...7510152255107.........180313.........17091441647191772256
battersea750319...71112281......32171......462............597110...10
putney and Roehampton4501...18...7...4018.........27...4...1...6442...103264930...16
Streatham, including Tooting and Balham194........................8.........6...............24152......137614...9
Totals40301811361266669102691......44863215...4892351134172206482004132