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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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| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Number in Entire District. | East Battersea. | West Battersea. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Wandsworth. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | l | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | .. | 3 | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 13 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 11 | .. |
| Tubercular Diseases | 69 | 34 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3-5 | 32 | 2 |
| Cancer | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | .. |
| Rheumatism | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. |
| Respiratory Diseases | 71 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 35 | .. |
| Circulatory Diseases . | 63 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 1 |
| Nervous Diseases | 64 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2b | 36 | 2 |
| Other Diseases | 111 | 32 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 55 | 54 | 2 |
| Violence | 27 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 25 | .. |
| Total | 462 | 178 | 63 | 76 | 19 | 48 | 78 | 197 | 250 | 15 |
| Corresponding Totals in preceding year | 469 | 179 | 68 | 77 | 29 | 38 | 78 | 180 | 241 | 48 |
It will be seen that 462 deaths occurred in outlying
institutions, of which 197 were in the Union Infirmary,
250 in the general and special hospitals of the metropolis,
and 15 in the Asylums' Board Hospitals. In this table
the deaths of West Battersea inhabitants occurring in
Union Infirmary (61 in number), are not included. As
the total deaths occurring in the Union Infirmary (261
in number) have teen already included in the 4,398
deaths occurring within the district, there only remain