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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 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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these cases, and also after Diphtheria and Scarlet Eever,
and any defects remedied.
Whooping Cough accounted for 19 deaths.
Diarrhoea for 10 and Erysipelas for 4.
There was no death from Small-pox, nor has there
been one during the decennium.
The following table gives the total number of notified
diseases, the number of cases removed to Hospital, and
the number of deaths that took place in both the Subdistrict,
and in Hospital.
| DISEASE. | Number cases notified. | Number Patients removed to Hospital. | Number died in Hospital. | Number died at Home. | Total deaths in Hospital and at Home. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever or Scar- | 105 | 69 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas latina | 26 | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| Diphtheria | 40 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Enteric or Typhoid | 14 | 5 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 185 | 91 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
The death-rate from notified diseases was 0.23 per
1,000 of the population. At page 23 of the combined
report, our procedure under the Notification Act is
given in detail.
Other Diseases. The subjoined table shows the proportion
of deaths under the heads Constitutional, Local, Developmental,
and Violence and Ill-defined, in the Mortality
Table.