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Wandsworth 1903

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

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28 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The rate in Clapham was .49 per 1,000 under last year and
.99 under the decennial average; in Putney .06 and .37; in
Streatham .38 and 44; in Tooting .51 and .53; and in Wandsworth
.55 and .72.
The rate was lowest in Streatham and highest in Wandsworth,
but compared with the decennial average, Clapham shows
the greatest reduction and Wandsworth the next.
NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The total number of certificates of cases of infectious diseases
received during the year for the whole Borough and for the
separate sub-districts is shown on Table III. of the Local Government
Board's Tables.
The number received in this Borough since the passing of the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, is as follows:—

Table: TABLE XVIII.

TABLE XVIII.

1891189218931894189518961897189818991900190119021903
Small-pox4...29115121...43412730
Scarlatina453887125667365998310147038946726841063835
Diphtheria164242398321266286569581615454466743533
Membranous Croup81733222137866376
TyphusFevers.1....................................
Enteric64861081281389810012512415396138111
Continued2116132851...1113
Relapsing.................................1...
Puerperal101321196109201315142117
Cholera.........121.....................
Erysipelas177274373243221262238230234205219235249
Total883153022241421133016521944166918861510151723361784