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Wandsworth 1898

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

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Table b, The following Table (B) classifies the notifications of infectious disease received
during the year under the provisions of Section 54 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, together
with information concerning the removal of the infectious sick to isolation hospitals.

Table: Table(B) Table OF population, births, and of new cases of infectious sickness, (B)coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Healthy during the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District ofTootingclassified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Table(B)

Table OF population, births, and of new cases of infectious sickness, (B)coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Healthy during the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District ofTootingclassified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.

Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. (a)Population at all ages(d)Registered Births.Aged under or over 5. (e)New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital
(b) Census 1896.(c)N Estimated to middle of 18992345678910111234567891011
Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Fevers.Puerperal.Erysipelas.Totals.Smallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheria.|Membranous Croup.Fevers.Erysipelas. |Totals.
Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingTyphus.Enteric o TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal.
TOOTING73077915254Under 5...9121........................67........................
5 upwds...2618......5......219....2111.....5......1......
Under 5
5 upwds
Under 5
5 upwds
Under 5
5 upwds
Under 5
5 upwds
Under 5
5 upwds