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. 21
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole district. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of 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. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
Small-pox | 28 | .. | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | .. | 8 | .. | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | .. | 6 | 6 | 8 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria | 526 | 6 | 156 | 281 | 47 | 36 | .. | 89 | 35 | 231 | 34 | 137 | 68 | 26 | 179 | 23 | 102 |
Membranous Croup | 6 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Erysipelas | 232 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 139 | 31 | 39 | 10 | 53 | 21 | 109 | .. | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Scarlet Fever | 822 | 8 | 218 | 473 | 80 | 42 | 1 | 158 | 100 | 192 | 71 | 301 | 127 | 90 | 124 | 61 | 240 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 105 | .. | 2 | 20 | 37 | 44 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 44 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• |
Puerperal Fever | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | •• | .. | •• | •• | •• |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken, pox | 60 | 3 | 17 | 38 | 1 | 1 | .. | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 1,795 | 22 | 412 | 833 | 206 | 288 | 34 | 332 | 164 | 516 | 149 | 634 | 219 | 124 | 319 | 93 | 382 |