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Wandsworth 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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These sanitary provisions legally constitute the Metropolitan
Asylums Board the central authority for the
providing of Hospital accommodation, and for the removal
from place to place of all cases of infectious disease.
They therefore greatly facilitate the quick removal and
isolation of all persons suffering from these disorders.
in former years we have been enabled to present in a
tabulated form, all those cases of infectious disease which
had been removed to hospital. We are unable to do so
this year. On account of the changes introduced by the
notification act the returns were discontinued.
Table VIII.
gives us some interesting information in regard to the number of
| SUB-DISTRICTS. | Number of Births Returned from 1st January to 31st December 1888. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small- pox. | Dead Unvaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to Distinct, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be reached; and cases not having been found. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 1079 | 854 | 4 | .. | 104 | 33 | 16 | 68 |
| Putney | 365 | 305 | 2 | .. | 27 | 5 | 26 | |
| Streatham | 1187 | 945 | 7 | .. | 95 | 37 | 30 | 73 |
| Wandsworth | 1452 | 1206 | 5 | .. | 117 | 23 | 3 | 98 |
| Totals | 4083 | 3310 | 18 | .. | 343 | 98 | 49 | 265 |
vaccinations performed in this district; 4,083 births were
registered during the year 1888. 3,310 were returned
as being successfully vaccinated. 205 children were left
unaccounted for, which is equivalent to 6.4 per cent.
Inquests, etc.
It will be seen from Table IX. that 89 inquests
were held in this district during the year. This
is equivalent to 5.2 per cent of the total deaths registered
in the entire district.