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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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whether Hydrophobia could be communicated to man by
the saliva of a dog in a bad condition but showing no
characteristic symptoms of rabies.
Deaths in Public Thirteen deaths occurred in various public
institutions, institutions of persons claiming to belong to
this Parish. There have been absolutely no cases of
Zymotic disease amongst this class. (See Table V.)

Table: TABLE VDeaths at Outlying Institutions.

TABLE VDeaths at Outlying Institutions.

DISEASE.Total.Sex.A(1B.Institutions.
Male.Female.Under 1.1 to 60.60 and upwards.Union Infirmary.General & Special Hospitals.Asylumns Board Hospitals.
Small.pox..................
Scarlet Fever..................
Typhus Fever..................
Enteric Fever..................
Whooping.cough..................
Measles..................
Other Zymotic Diseases..................
Tubercular Diseases1..1..1....1..
Cancer21l..2..11..
Rheumatism..................
Respiratory Diseases32l..211....
Circulatory Diseases422..1322..
Nervous Diseases3........321..
Other Diseases541..2141..
Violence11....1....1..
Totals19109298109..

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Sanitary The sanitary proceedings (Table XIV.
Proceedings.
page 22) commenced some time ago, have
been continued, and there is reason to think with very
great good to the community. All the sub.district has
been regularly inspected by a house.to.house visitation.