Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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14 Medical Officers of Health Annua] Report.
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham, | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Whole District. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Scarlatina | 199 | 53 | 230 | 60 | 133 | 675 | |
Diphtheria | 125 | 32 | 36 | 18 | 110 | 321 | |
Membranous Croup | 1 | .. | 6 | 2 | 13 | 22 | |
Typhus | Fevers. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 34 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 41 | 128 | |
Continued | 3 | 8 | .. | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 12 | 19 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Erysipelas | 54 | 17 | 35 | 3 | 134 | 243 | |
Totals | 420 | 127 | 344 | 88 | 144 | 1423 |
Number of Notifications received each year since the passing of the Notification of Infectious Diseases Act: —
1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Pox | .. | 4 | .. | 29 | 1 | |
Scarlet Fever | 309 | 453 | 887 | 1256 | 675 | |
Diphtheria | 112 | 164 | 242 | 398 | 321 | |
Membranous Croup | 4 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 22 | |
Typhus | Fevers. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric | 77 | 64 | 86 | 108 | 128 | |
Continued | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | |
Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Puerperal | 9 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 19 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Erysipelas | 147 | 177 | 274 | 373 | 243 |
The above two tables give the number of Notifications
received under the Public Health (London) Act distributed
in sub-districts, and the numbers for each year