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 1889.
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.—Diarrhoea and Dysentery. | 7.—Cholera. | 8.—Fever. | 9.—Erysipelas. | 10.—Puerperal Fever. | 11.—Lung Disease, except Phthisis. | 12.—Phthisis. | 13.—Hydrocephaius, Atrophy Scrofula 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 | 900 | 33 | .. | .. | 17 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | 56 | 6 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 192 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | 596 | 7 |
Putney | 79 | 11 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 45 | .. |
Streatham | 207 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 44 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | 135 | 4 |
Tooting | 106 | 6 | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 62 | 5 |
Wandsworth | 722 | 27 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | .. | 36 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 175 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 420 | 12 |
Total | 2014 | 83 | .. | .. | 44 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 45 | 2 | 109 | .. | .. | 16 | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 442 | 30 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1258 | 28 |