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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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118 Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
of Scarlet Fever and one of Typhoid Fever in the Boys'
Home, and three of Scarlet Fever and seven of Erysipelas
in the Workhouse, a total of 65, compared with 37 in 1897.
Table VII. shows the prevalence of zymotic disease
for each month during the year.
TABLE VII.

Table: Monthly Notifications of Infectious Diseases.

Monthly Notifications of Infectious Diseases.

January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.
Small pox................1......
Diphtheria82721101316249127108
Membranous Croup....1....2......1
Scarlet Fever321926231816201312113069
Enteric Fever43....3136241315
Erysipelas71991116944171015

Table: The next Table shows the number of notifications received from each Ward in the Parish.

The next Table shows the number of notifications received from each Ward in the Parish.

DISEASE.123456Totals.
Smallpox1..........1
Scarlet Fever271553405589279
Erysipelas..103210486112
Diphtheria341437151748165
Membranous Croup....21..14
Enteric Fever7514614753
Puerperal Fever13315..13
Continued Fever..............
Typhus Fever..............
Cholera••............
Total764714173139136627