Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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| SUB - DISTRICTS. | Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District. | Total Deaths in each Sub-District. | 1—Small Pox. | 2—Measles. | 3—Scarlatina. | 4—Diphtheria. | 5—Whooping Cough. | 6—Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | 7—Cholera. | 8—Fever. | 9—Erysipelas. | 10—Puerperal Fever. | 11—Lung Disease except Phthisis. | 12—Phthisis. | 13—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy. Scrofula and Infantile Convulsions | 14—Violence, Privation, and Premature Birth. | 16—Other Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths i | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths 1 | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | | CaRes | Deaths | | Cases | Deaths | ||||
| Battersea | East | 1098 | 33 | 3 | .. | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 28 | 1 | .. | .. | 16 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 159 | 6 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .. | 800 | 12 | |
| West | 686 | 27 | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 175 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 10 | .. | 443 | 14 | |
| Clapham | 540 | 24 | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 37 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | 15 | .. | 175 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 21 | .. | 338 | 10 | |
| Putney and Roohamptor | 126 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 75 | 1 | |
| Streatham, including Tooting and Balham .. | 213 | 4 | .. | .. | 16 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 68 | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 78 | ||
| Wandsworth | 696 | 25 | .. | .. | 44 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 3 | 44 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 183 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 39 | .. | 325 | 11 | ||
| Totals | 3364 | 116 | 5 | 85 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 7 | 142 | 6 | .. | .. | 33 | .. | 13 | .. | 17 | .. | 782 | 20 | 50 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 91 | .. | 2056 | |||
| *The ratio of deaths to cases treated is 3.1 per cent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||