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 Wimbledon]
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TA BLE 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 1898, in the Urban Sanitary District of Wimbledon classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
Names of Localities. | Population at all ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New cases of sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Xumber of such cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||||
Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Enteric or Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Measles. | Erysipelas. | Scarlatina. | |||||
Census, 1891. | Estimatd to Middle of 1898. | ||||||||||
(a) | (b | (c | (d) | (e) | |||||||
WIMBLEDON | 25,761 | 38,000 | 963 | under 5 | 22 | 17 | ... | 29 | 5 | 14 | |
5 upw'ds | 69 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 53 | 42 | ||||
ATKINSON MORLEY'S HOSPITAL | Number of Patients 1057 | under 5 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||
5 upw'ds | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |||||
TOTALS | 25,761 | 38,000 | 963 | under 5 | 24 | 19 | ... | 29 | 5 | 16 | |
5 upw'ds | 74 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 53 | 45 |
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.