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Wandsworth 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Sub-district of Putney and Roehampton. 63

Table: TABLE VI.MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

TABLE VI.

MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.
Erysipelas1..1..1....22..1..
Diphtheria......22..1..1..2..
Scarlet Fever161266592124
Continued Fever........1..............
Enteric Fever5221....1..1..13
Smallpox........................
Puerperal Fever........1..............
Membranous Croup1..............1......

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Smallpox.
No case of this disease was notified to me.
Influenza.
The epidemic from which we suffered was not
of long duration, but was attended by a great fatality.
It commenced towards the end of February and continued
for about four weeks. Seventeen deaths were registered
as resulting from it and its sequalæ. This is the
heaviest mortality we have had in this district from
influenza.
Scarlet Fever.
Although in this sub-district no deaths resulted
from this disease, it prevailed throughout the
year to a considerable extent. 45 cases were notified, and
of these 29 occurred during the spring and summer
months. 34 were removed to hospital, and of these one
died. We find less difficulty year by year in having
cases removed to hospital where there is no proper
lodging in their own houses, and a larger proportion of
patients are yearly taking advantage of the isolation provided
by the hospitals of the Asylums' Board.