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Wimbledon 1898

[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.
1234561
Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Enteric or Typhoid Fever.Puerperal Fever.Measles.Erysipelas.Scarlatina.
Census, 1891.Estimatd to Middle of 1898.
(a)(b(c(d)(e)
WIMBLEDON25,76138,000963under 52217...29514
5 upw'ds6939113265342
ATKINSON MORLEY'S HOSPITALNumber of Patients 1057under 522............2
5 upw'ds52.........3
TOTALS25,76138,000963under 52419...29516
5 upw'ds7441113265345

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.