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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wimbledon 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1907.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole District. | Total cases Notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. Mary's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Cottenham Park Ward. | Dundonald Ward. | Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | St. Mary's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Cottenham Park Ward. | Dundonald Ward. | Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | Total cases removed to . Hospital. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | (H.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | (H.) | ... |
| ... | ... | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 83 | ... | 23 | 46 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 25 | 62 |
| Erysipelas | 54 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet fever | 281 | 2 | 65 | 182 | 21 | 11 | ... | 15 | 6 | 24 | 36 | 84 | 116 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 29 | 71 | 85 | ... |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric fever | 15 | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
| Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 436 | 5 | 90 | 236 | 37 | 64 | 4 | 26 | 12 | 41 | 62 | 124 | 171 | 12 | 3 | 26 | 44 | 83 | 112 | 280 |
The Isolation Hospital, provided by the Corporation, for Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever, and Diphtheria Patients is situated in
Gap Road, Wimbledon, and the Hospital for Small Pox (Croydon and Wimbledon Joint Board) at Cheam, Surrey.