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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 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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untrapped sink wastes are still the most frequent source of
danger, especially among the poor.
Deaths in Public Institutions:—By arrangement with the
Registrar-General we now receive information about the
fatal cases among persons received in the various public
Institutions from the several parishes in the Wandsworth District.
The following table gives the fatal cases from this sub-district, classified according to disease, sex, age, social status as well as Institution in which they died.
| DISEASE. | Total. | Sex. | Age. | Class. | Institutions. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Under 1 | 1 to 60. | 60 and upw'ds. | Middle | Industrial | Union Infirmary. | Infectious Hospitals. | General Hospitals. | ||
| 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
| .. | .. | ||||||||||
| 1 | .. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | •• | .. | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | •• | .. | 1 | ||
| 1 | |||||||||||
When these 23 deaths are added to the number of deaths
actually occurring within the parish, they increase that
number from 241 to 264, and add 2.0 per 1,000 to the death.
rate. As however many of these cases had been long resident
in the Institution in which they died, it is hardly practicable
to include them in the general rate of the sub-district.
ALEXANDER WALKER, M.D.
Medical Officer of Health for Putney & Roehampton.