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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: Those for the previous year are shewn in the following table:—

Those for the previous year are shewn in the following table:—

SUB-DISTRICTSNumber of Births Returned from 1 st. January to 31 st December, 1883.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Small-pox.Dead, Unvaccinated.Postponed by-Medical Certificate.Removed to Districts, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.Removed to places unknown, or which cannot bo reached; and cases not having been found.
Battersea4734387010..40663..385
Clapham1092903319515462
Putney352308....274310
Streatham10288173..8712..109
Wandsworth9158013..5511..45
812166991916701057611

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It will be seen that of 8,121 children, 6,699 were
successfully vaccinated, and that the remainder were
accounted for by death, insusceptibility, or postponement
on account of illness; except 611, i.e. per cent.
During the previous year only 5 per cent were
unaccounted for. This considerable proportion of persons
unvaccinated constitutes a source of danger to the
whole Metropolis, and forms a soil in which Small Poxmay
be constantly kept alive in our midst. During the past
year 22 deaths of inhabitants of this district were due to
Small Pox (including those occurring in the Asylums
Board Hospitals).
Non-Zymotic Diseases.—In the following table the
prevalence of each class of disease is compared with the
decennial average corrected for increase of population.