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Wandsworth 1904

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The rate was lowest in Streatham and highest in Wandsworth,
and, compared with the decennial average, Clapham shows the
greatest reduction, Streatham the next, and Tooting the least.
Notification of Infectious Diseases.
The total number of cases of infectious diseases notified 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.

Table: The number of notifications of cases received in this Borough since the passing of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, is as follows :—TABLE XX.

The number of notifications of cases received in this Borough since the passing of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, is as follows :—

TABLE XX.

18911892189318941895189618971898189919001901190219031904
Small-pox4...29115121...434127308
Scarlatina453887125667365998310147038946726841063835791
Diphtheria164242398321266286569581615454466743533403
Membranous Croup817332221378663766
TyphusFevers.1.......................................
Enteric6486108128138981001251241539613811176
Continued2116132851...11133
Relapsing.................................1......
Puerperal10132119610920131514211716
Cholera.........121........................
Erysipelas177274373243221262238230234205219235249299
Total8831530222414211330165219441669188615101517233617841602

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The following Table shows the total number of cases of infectious
diseases notified during the year, the number removed to Hospital, the
number that died in Hospital and at home, as well as the total number
of deaths:-