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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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Sub-district of Putney and Roehampton. 57
Diphtheria. During the first nine months of the year
there were sporadic cases of Diphtheria in various
parts of the sub-district, but nothing in the nature of
an epidemic. It will be seen, from the monthly notifications
which I append, that 11 cases occurred
during the first nine months. In October, 24 cases were
notified ; in November 8, and in December 6.

Table: TABLE VI.MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

TABLE VI.

MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

Scarlet Fever.Typhoid Fever.Puerperal Fever.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Continued Fever.Membranous Croup.Total.
January15111....9
February4......41..9
March21..41....8
April2....1......3
May........1....2
June..2..........2
July31..1......5
August7....33....13
September3....11....5
October213..24......49
November232..81....34
December171..6......25
Total83151491231164

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Nearly all the cases notified during the last three
months occurred in the village of Roehampton and the
surrounding district. During the course of the epidemic
I made two reports informing you of my view as to the
cause of the epidemic and the measures taken to put an
end to it. They were as follows:—