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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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Parish of Wandsworth.
removed to hospital, and. the number of deaths in
hospital and at home arc given in the following table :—
| 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 | 501 | 310 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Erysipelas | 111 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 243 | 105 | 19 | 30 | 49 |
| Membranous Croup | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 37 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Continued Fever | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total | 904 | 431 | 26 | 46 | 72 |
One case of Scarlet Fever and 3 of Erysipelas occurred
in the Middlesex Lunatic Asylum, 1 case of
Scarlet Fever and 1 of Erysipelas in St. Peter's Hospital,
4 cases of Erysipelas in the Prison, 7 cases of
Scarlet Fever and 1 of Diphtheria in the Boy's Home,
and 7 cases of Scarlet Fever and 12 of Erysipelas
in the Workhouse, a total of 37.