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Wandsworth 1901

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following Table shows the number of cases of Small
Pox notified in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs of London in
1901. St. Pancras, Holborn, Stepney, Bermondsey, and Westminster
suffered most, while Deptford, Chelsea, Hampstead, and
the City of London suffered least. The number in Wandsworth
does not correspond with the number stated in the text, as two
cases were notified between the 28th and 31st December.

TABLE XXII.

Cases of Small Pox notified in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs.

Metropolitan Boroughs.Four weeks ending:—Total
J anuary 26thFebruary 23rdMarch 23rdApril 20thMay 18thJune 15thJuly 13thAugust 10thSeptember 7thOctober 5thNovember 2ndNovember 30thDecember 28th
Paddington..............21118821
Kensington1................513414
Hammersmith..............2..1..132743
Fulham......1................1516
Chelsea................121..15
Westminster..............174343619101
Marylebone........1..2222209101379
Hampstead..1............211117
St. Pancras..1........135650294373256
Islington..........1....31415131662
Stoke Newington................3412919
Hackney............44511341041
Holborn................913445299217
Finsbury................21914283093
City of London..................21148
Shored itch..................2321118
Bethnal Green........1......1367l634
Stepney1........1......6254484161
Poplar1................415193271
Southwark............1..249254889
Bermondsey....................583019107
Lambeth................1413151952
Battersea....................574153
WANDSWORTH..1........5111181432
Camberwell....................6282054
Deptford....................1214
Greenwich....................23611
Lewisham..............1..24..512
Woolwich....................2191123
Port of London....................1....1
Totals33..12213161161753044136561,704

Scarlet Fever.
During the year 684 cases were notified, compared with 672
in 1900, and 894 in 1899. The total number of deaths was 15,
compared with 16 in 1900. 483 of the cases, or 70.6 per cent.,
were removed to hospital, where 13 died, and 201, or 29.4 per