Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole district. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. ot Cases removed to hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||||
Under 1. | I to 5. | 5 to 15- | 15 to 25- | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
Small-pox | 127 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 75 | . . | 39 | 2 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 39 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 43 |
Cholera | .. | .. | • • | • • | • • | .. | • • | • • | •• | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diphtheria | 743 | 10 | 210 | 375 | 84 | 62 | 2 | 145 | 51 | 197 | 90 | 260 | 115 | 29 | 147 | 67 | 197 |
Membranous Croup | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | • • | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 236 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 27 | 155 | 26 | 38 | 10 | 57 | 24 | 107 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 1,063 | 12 | 259 | 599 | 137 | 56 | .. | 239 | 67 | 287 | 124 | 346 | 182 | 53 | 204 | 97 | 262 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 139 | .. | 6 | 30 | 35 | 68 | .. | 32 | 10 | 36 | 20 | 41 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 31 |
Relapsing Fever | 1 | .. | • • | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 1 | .. | • • | • • | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 21 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 16 | .. | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | • • | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken.pox | 1,408 | 132 | 544 | 668 | 48 | 16 | •• | 258 | 115 | 410 | 107 | 518 | •• | •• | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 3,746 | 162 | 1,029 | 1.713 | 363 | 451 | 28 | 761 | 257 | 1,017 | 387 | 1,324 | 357 | 88 | 393 | 194 | 533 |