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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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Parish of Wandsworth.
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Table VII. shows the prevalence of these diseases
for each month during the year 1896.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small pox | ||||||||||||
| Diphtheria | 6 | |||||||||||
| Membranous Croup | ||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 37 | |||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas |
Return Cases of
Scarlet Fever.
During the year several cases of scarlet fever
occurred in families in which the infection
was in all probability derived from a case sent back
from hospital as free from infection. The following
are particulars of these cases:—
(1).—Patient was removed to hospital on November
16th, 1895, and returned home on January 28th,
1896. She slept with her sister after returning on
February 4th, and this sister was notified as having
scarlet fever on the 6th February.
(2).—First case was reported on August 10th, was
removed to hospital on the 13th, and returned home on
October 28th. A second case was notified on the 4th
November, and a third on 13th November.
(3).—Case notified March 9th, removed same day,
and returned home on July 2nd, second case notified
July the 9th.
(4).—Case returned from Gore Farm, Oct. 3rd. Se