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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE 4.
Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1896, in the Urban Sanitary District of Wimbledon classified
according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities. (a) | Population at all ages. | (d). Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. (e) | New cases of sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | No. of such cases remov'd to Hospital. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Census, 1891. (b) | Estimated to Middle of 1896. (c) | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Enteric or Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | |||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||
| WIMBLEDON (H.) | 25,761 | 33,000 | 875 | under 5 | ... | 28 | 6 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 11 |
| 5 upwards | 2 | 96 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 65 | ||||
| ATKINSON MORLEY'S HOSPITAL | Yearly average Number of Patients 961. | under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 5 upwards | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ||||
| TOTALS | 25,761 | 33,000 | 875 | under 5 | ... | 28 | 6 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 11 |
| 5 upwards | 2 | 96 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 65 | ||||
| The Infectious Diseases Notification Act has been compulsory in the District since 1889. The Isolation Hospital for the treatment of patients is an iron building situated in Durnsford Road, and is capable of accommodating 16 Scarlet Fever Patients. | ||||||||||||