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Wandsworth 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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84
Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
each of the last 10 years:—1891, 185; 1892, 311; 1893,
483; 1894, 344; 1895,386; 1896,385; 1897,454;
1898, 443; 1899, 488; 1900, 472.

Table: TABLE VII.Cases of In fectious Disease notified during the Year 1900. Streatham Sub-District.

TABLE VII.

Cases of In fectious Disease notified during the Year 1900. Streatham Sub-District.

Notifiable Diseasj.Cases notified in Sub-District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.No. of Cases removed to Hospital.
At all Ages.At Agesf—Years.
Under 1.] to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
Small-pox4....12..144
Cholera..................
Diphtheria184169901311..184131
Membranous Croup2..2........22
Erysipelas..3712..26837..
Scarlet Fever199..411232510..199148
Typhus Fever..................
Enteric Fever41....121613..4120
Relapsing Fever..................
Continued Fever1......1....1..
Puerperal Fever4......22..4..
Plague......••••••......
Totals472111322859629472305

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Notes.— The localities adopted for this Table should be the same as those in Tables
II. and IV.
State the name of the isolation hospital, if any, used by the sick of the
district. Mark (H) the locality in which it is situated, or if not within
the district, state where it is situated, and in what district.
The Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
† These age columns for notifications should be filled up in all cases where the
Medical Officer of Health, by inquiry or otherwise, has obtained the
necessary information.