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Wandsworth 1907

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

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54 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXXII.Cases of Infectious Diseases notified.

TABLE XXXII.

Cases of Infectious Diseases notified.

Disease.No. cases notified.No. patients removed to Hospital.No. died in Hospital.No. died at Home.Total deaths in Hospital and at Home.
Small-pox...............
Scarlatina1,3301,12820222
Erysipelas213223710
Diphtheria6295123'1041
Membranous Croup
Enteric Fever70424610
Continued Fever...............
Puerperal Fever25124610
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis33112
Total2,2701,719633295

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No cases of Small-pox were notified during the year, none in
1906, and only one, which proved not to be Small-pox, in 1905,
compared with six in 1904, 28 in 1903, and 127 in 1902.
1,330 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified, compared with
1,069 in 1906, and 1,494 in 1905; of Diphtheria 629, compared
with 566 and 348; of Enteric Fever 70, compared with 96 and 96;
of Puerperal Fever 25, compared with 25 and 18; and of
Erysipelas 213, compared with 273 and 253.
Compared with 1906 there has been an increase in the number
of cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, and a decrease of
Erysipelas and Enteric Fever, while Puerperal Fever.is the same.
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis was not notifiable in 1906, but only
three cases were notified in 1907.