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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 1863

[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 Tear that ended 31st December, 1863. 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 Tear that ended 31st December, 1863. 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—Diarrhœa 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 Diseases14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth.Total Deaths in each Sub-District.
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Clapham110188458726461422......18937.........11671647...490456339
Wandsworth152034317...2341211023......125317.........198712588909863143
Baltersea9303761622144...53.........351611...1421742197550742...47
Putney and Roehampton46318240...11...4...181......271............36411102276722321
Streatham, including Tooting & Balham2468...4...33......10.........4...3.........19291......172114...7
Totals426018515135984152622256......38083311...51137421344172397271977157