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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132 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
From the following Table it will be seen that 160 cases were
notified once, 28 twice, eight three times, and one four times,
making a total of 244 notifications received.
60 of the cases notified were received from Brompton Hospital,
30 from Mount Vernon Hospital, 15 from Battersea Dispensary,
11 from the Royal National Hospital for Consumption, St. Lawrence,
nine from the National Sanatorium, Benenden, nine from the
Brompton Sanatorium, Frimley, seven from Kennington Dispensary,
seven from St. Thomas's Hospital, and the remainder from various
Hospitals and Sanatoria in London and the provinces.
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One notification | 40 | 7 | 44 | 23 | 46 | 160 |
Two notifications | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 |
Three notifications | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Four notifications | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
47 | 12 | 53 | 27 | 58 | 197 |
The next Table shows the number of cases notified from
Hospitals since 1908, the number that were fatal in each year,
and the number recovered, removed, and cases living at the close
of 1911.
Of 270 cases notified, 37 have died, 22 have removed, two
have recovered, in two no inquiries were made, and 207 were
living at the end of the year.