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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 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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The following Table will show the relative position held by the entire Wandsworth District among the South Districts, in respect to deaths from Cholera and Diarrhœa, as well as the rate of mortality per 10,000 from these diseases, compared with that of the several Districts referred to.
| SOUTH DISTRICTS. | Estimated Population in 1866 | DEATHS IN 1866. | RATE OF MORTALITY per 10,000 in 1866. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cholera | Diarrhœa | Cholera and Diarrhœa | Cholera | Diarrhœa | Cholera and Diarrhœa | ||
| St. Saviour, Southwark | 36,422 | 32 | 38 | 70 | 7.4 | 107 | 18.1 |
| St. Olive, Southwark | 18,914 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 18.5 |
| St. George, Southwark | 57,498 | 38 | 47 | 85 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 14.8 |
| Rotherhithe | 28,767 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 8.7 | 5.9 | 14.6 |
| Bermondsey | 64,310 | 34 | 82 | 116 | 5.3 | 12.8 | 18.1 |
| Newington | 92,680 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 8.5 |
| Lambeth | 174,904 | 114 | 180 | 294 | 6.5 | 10.3 | 16.8 |
| Camberwell | 81,818 | 46 | 68 | 114 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 13.9 |
| Wandsworth | 82,979 | 40 | 67 | 107 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 12.9 |
| All London | 337,991 | 5,577 | 3,184 | 8,761 | 18.4 | 10.5 | 29.9 |
It will be seen that the death rate from actual Cholera
in the entire Wandsworth District was 4.8 per 10,000 in
1866. With the exception of Newington, which had a
death-rate from Cholera of only 2.8 per 10,000, this District
exhibited a rate much lower than any other of the South
Districts. Compared with all London (18.4 per 10,000,)
it will appear quite insignificant.
Sanitation.—A vigorous prosecution of every suggested
means of arresting the progress of the late epidemic marked
the entire period of its invasion of this District, and a