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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 1890
[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. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Union Infirmary. | General and Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 7 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | , , | 4 | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | . . | 5 | l | 1 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | . , | , , |
| Measles | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Other Zymotic Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Tubercular Diseases | 53 | 13 | 4 | 10 | .. | 26 | 23 | 27 | 3 |
| Cancer | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | .. | |
| Rheumatism | 7 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Respiratory Diseases | 64 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 40 | 22 | 2 |
| Circulatory Diseases | 29 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 1 |
| Nervous Diseases | 62 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 31 | 15 | 16 |
| Other Diseases | 86 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 34 | 50 | 29 | 7 |
| Violence | 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .. | 3 | 1 | 17 | .. |
| Total | 359 | 91 | 43 | 61 | 11 | 153 | 177 | 138 | 44 |
| Corresponding Totals in preceding year | 286 | 91 | 28 | 42 | 13 | 112 | 140 | 129 | 17 |
It will be seen that the total of these deaths was 359
as compared with 286 in 1889 and 328 in 1888. If we
add these 359 to 2,213 (as given in Table II.) we arrive
at a total of 2,572 deaths which gives a death-rate of
16.9. This is no doubt too high a figure but it cannot
be further corrected owing to the impossibility of
eliminating the deaths of persons from outside the
district. The table enables us to form an approximate
idea of the use made of the institutions by each subdistrict.