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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 1897
[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.
During the previous year (1896), 164 notifications
were received, so that we have had less disease of an infectious
character than prevailed during the previous
twelve months.
| No. of cases notified. | No. of patients removed to Hospital. | No. died in Hospital. | No. died at Home. | Total deaths. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 68 | 43 | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Typhoid Fever | 13 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria | 46 | 26 | 3 | l | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Small Pox | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Scarlet Fever. | Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Small Pox. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| February | 2 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. |
| March | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. |
| April | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| May | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 |
| June | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | |
| July | 3 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. |
| August | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| September | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. |
| October | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .. | .. |
| November | 10 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| December | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Total | 46 | 9 | 68 | 13 | 2 | 1 |