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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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Parish of Wandsworth.
Table VII. shows the prevalence of these diseases
in the year for each month.
MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | |
| Membranous Croup | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 20 | 8 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 29 | 15 |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 9 |
Two cases of cholera were notified. One was a simple
case of cholera nostras, or severe diarrhoea in an adult,
and the patient was at work again in seven days. The
other case was of a much more severe type and was fatal
within 60 hours of the onset of the disease. Immediately
after receiving the notification on the 27th August,
I visited the patient along with the medical attendant,
but the man was then in a state of collapse, and died
half-an-hour after my visit. Next day, having communicated
with the London County Council's Medical
Officer of Health, I, with Dr. Young, made a postmortem
examination of the body. Part of the intestines
were sent by Dr. Young to Dr. Klein for bacteriological
examination. Dr. Klein reported that no cholera bacilli
were present In the general mortality table this death
is referred to as diarrhoea and not to cholera.
Non-Zymotic Diseases.
Table VIII. shows the number of deaths from nonzymotic
diseases for the year, compared with the corrected
decennial average.
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