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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 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: TABLE V. The following table gives the tolal number of notified diseases, the number of cases removed to Hospital, and the number of deaths that took place, in both the Sub-district and the Hospital.

TABLE V. The following table gives the tolal number of notified diseases, the number of cases removed to Hospital, and the number of deaths that took place, in both the Sub-district and the Hospital.

DISEASES.Number cases notifiedNumber patients removed to Hospital.Number died at Hospital.Number died at Home.Total deaths in Hospital and at Home.
Scarlet Fever19294123
Diphtheria62296713
Erysipelas334..22
Puerperal Fever3....22
Enteric or Typhoid215..33
Totals31113271623

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The death-rate from notified diseases was .5 per 1,000
of the population.
Other Diseases. The subjoined Table shows the proportion
of deaths under the heads Constitutional, Local,
Developmental, Violence, and Ill-Defined, in the
Mortality Table.