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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 1884

[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 Poor under the treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each class of Disease, during the year ended 31st December, 1884. Compiled from the District Medical Relief Books.

TABLE V. Cases of Sickness amongst the Poor under the treatment of the Union Medical Officers, with the Deaths from each class of Disease, during the year ended 31st December, 1884. 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 Diphtheria.4—Whooping Cough.5—Diarrhoea and Dysentery.6—Cholera.7—Fever.8—Erysipelas.9—Puerperal Fever.1 10—Lung Disease except Phthisis.11—Phthisis.12—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy, Scrofula and Convulsions of Children.13—Other Diseases.14—Violence, Privation, and Premature BirthTotal Deaths in each Sub-Distri.ct
CasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeaths
BatterseaEast72516..25..10..20312......14..4......83415..132512311..12
West51423..6..20..5..221....9..4......1174135195273513..20
Clapham479109..3..5..44......36..1..9..1151041631941018125
Putney and Roehampton111..........3..1311......1......1616......7141..6
Streatham including Tooting and Balham2271..8..14..1..11......1..1..112512..2..1611....3
Wandsworth5815..3..721251....2..4......12289742359939129
Totals263756..51..54..364273....52..15..101478284913241215703282293
* The ratio of deaths in cases treated is 3.6 per cent.