London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1896
Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896
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56 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
in outlying institutions, it gives us a total of 57, which
is equal to a Zymotic death-rate of 2.7 per 1,000 per
annum.
The number of notifications of dangerous infectious
diseases received during the year is recorded in
Table V. The total number was 164. Compared with
the year 1895, when the notifications only amounted to
80, or the year 1894 when they amounted to 127, it
will be seen that epidemic disease has prevailed throughout
the year to a much greater extent than we have
been accustomed to.
| No. of cases notified. | No. of patients removed to Hospital. | No. died in Hospital. | No. died at Home. | Total deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 83 | 53 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Typhoid Fever | 15 | 6 | .. | 4 | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 49 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Membranous Croup | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 164 | 75 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Small-Pox.
No case of Small-Pox was notified during
the year.