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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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
| DISEASE. | No. cases notified. | No. patients removed to Hospital. | No. died in Hospital. | No. died at Home. | Total deaths in Hospital and at Home. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlatina | 400 | 199 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| Erysipelas | 116 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 98 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Membranous Croup | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 22 | 3 | .. | 4 | 4 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total | 654 | 235 | 19 | 20 | 39 |
16 cases of scarlet fever, 1 of diphtheria, and 4 of
erysipelas occurred in the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum,
1 case of typhoid fever in the prison, 1 case of scarlet
fever in the Patriotic Asylum for Girls, and 3 cases of
scarlet fever, 3 of puerperal fever, and 17 of erysipelas
in the workhouse, a total of 46.