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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Sickness amongst Union Poor during 1888.
SUB-DISTRICTS. | Total Cases of Sickness treated in each Sub-District. | Total Deaths in each Sub-District. | 1.—Small Pox. | 2—Measles. | 3—Scarlatina | 3—Diphtheria. | 5—Whooping Cough. | 6—Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | 7—Cholera. | 8—Fever. | 9—.Erysiplas. | 10—Puerperal Fever. | 11 —Lung Disease. except Phthisis. | 12—Phthisis. | 13—Hydrocephalus, Atrophy Scrotum and Infantile Convulsions. | 14—Violence, Privation, and Premature .Birth. | 15—Other Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
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Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths | Cases | Deaths. | |||
Clapham | 565 | 29 | .. | .. | 17 | 1 | 10 | .. | 6 | .. | 7 | 1 | 42 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 165 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 254 | 2 |
Streatham | 310 | 12 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 57 | 4 | 7 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 208 | 6 |
Wandsworth | 781 | 32 | .. | .. | 37 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | .. | 23 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 238 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 46 | .. | 375 | 14 |
Putney | 87 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 30 | .. | 49 | .. |
Total | 1773 | 76 | .. | .. | 58 | 3 | 12 | .. | 6 | .. | 48 | 2 | 81 | 83 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 485 | 25 | 38 | 6 | 34 | 8 | 103 | 7 | 886 | 22 |