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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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
| STREATHAM. | Sex. | Ages | Institutions. | Elsewhere. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals. | Males. | Females. | Under 1 year. | From 1 to 5 years. | Total under 5 years. | From 5 to 15 years. | From 15 to 25 years. | From 25 to 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | Union Infirmary. | General & Special Hospitals. | Asylums Board Hospitals. | |||
| DISEASE. | |||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlatina | 5 | 1 | 4 | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria | 17 | 11 | 6 | i | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | .. | |
| Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Typhus | FEVERS. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | I | 1 | .. | |
| Consinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Puerperal | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœa & Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Ague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Phthisis | 6 | i | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | |
| Bronchitis Pneumonia & Pleurisy | 15 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | .. | .. | |
| Heart Disease | 6 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | |
| Injuries | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | |
| All other Diseases | 42 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 29 | .. | ||
| Totals | 101 | 51 | 50 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 18 | 23 | 52 | 24 | 2 | |
The following Table III gives statistics of all deaths
registered as occurring within the sub-district.