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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 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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In addition to the deaths that occurred within the
sub-district and recorded in the foregoing table, 112
were registered as having occurred in hospitals and
other institutions situated without the sub-district, viz:—
In the Infirmary of the Union 69; in the Asylums Board
and other Hospitals 43. These are shewn in the
following table:—
| DISEASE. | Sex. | Age. | Institutions. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Male. | Female. | Under 1. | 1 to 60. | 60 and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylum Board Hospitals | |
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Diphtheria | 4 | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 |
| Whooping-Cough | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 4 | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. |
| Other Zymotic Diseases. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 | .. | .. |
| Total Zymotic Diseases | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
| Tubercular Diseases | 25 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 24 | .. | 17 | 7 | 1 |
| Cancer | 9 | 6 | 3 | .. | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | .. |
| Rheumatism | 1 | 1 | . . | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Respiratory Diseases | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Circulatory Diseases | 7 | 2 | 5 | .. | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .. |
| Nervous Diseases | 19 | 7 | 12 | .. | 10 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
| Other Diseases | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Violence | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .. |
| Age | 9 | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | .. | .. |
| Total | 112 | 66 | 46 | 9 | 71 | 32 | 69 | 33 | 10 |