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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 1886
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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understood. It will be seen that no death from Small
Pox occurred; that Scarlet Fever caused 21 deaths at
patients' own homes and 2 at the Asylums Board
Hospitals; Enteric Fever, 39 deaths within the District
and 9 without; Diphtheria, 32 within and 4 without.
Diarrhœa was the most fatal of the epidemic diseases,
causing 230 deaths; Whooping Cough coming next
with 213, and Measles next with 124 deaths.
Number of cases of Infectious Diseases admitted into the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals during 1886.
| Smalll Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | En'eric Fever. | Typhus Fever | Uncertain. | Measles. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea | 4 | 35 | 19 | .. | l | .. |
| Clapham | 22 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Putney | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Streatham | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Wandsworth | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Wandsworth & Clap | ||||||
| ham Infirmary | • • | 9 | l | |||
| Entire Wandsworth | ||||||
| District | 4 | 76 | 34 | 2 | • • | |
| Rest of Metropolis . . | 1662 | 314 | 5 | 29 |
Asylums' Board
Hospitals.
The preceding figures only give the
mortality from the various epidemic diseases.
In the absence of notification of all cases of the chief
epidemic diseases, which cannot be obtained without
compulsory powers, the following table of patients
admitted into the Asylums Board Hospitals during the
past year, gives the only further available indication of
the number of cases of infectious disease in this district
and in the metropolis generally.