London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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116 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
TABLE VI.
| 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 | 1 | .. | |||
| Scarlatina | 277 | 143 | 7 | l | 8 |
| Erysipelas | 100 | •• | .•. | 3 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 162 | 101 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| Membranous Croup | 3 | .. | • • | .. | |
| Enteric Fever | 61 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | • • | .. | |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | .. | .. | 5 | 5 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total | 605 | 271 | 22 | 27 | 49 |
Return cases of
scarlet Fever.
Thirteen cases of Scarlet Fever occurred
after the return of a case from hospital.
The following are the particulars of these:—
(1).—First case notified on September 13th, 1897,
removed to hospital same day, returned on January 5th,
1898, and had discharge from nose. Mother was told by
Medical Practitioner at Stockwell hospital, not to allow
the child to sleep with the other children. The second
case was notified on January 13th.