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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 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Locality. | Person attacked. | Probable Source of Infection and Remarks. |
|---|---|---|
| Kingswood Rd. | Male, aged 23. | Invalided from South Africa two weeks before notification. |
| Faraday Road | Female, aged 39. | No evidence. House new. Sani-tary arrangements good. Widal's test gave reaction. |
| Cowper Road | Male, aged II. | Sanitary arrangements good. Widal's test gave no reaction. Had typhoid fever 3 years previous. |
| Faraday Road | Male, aged 32. | Probably at Bethnal Green, where employed. Drainage perfect. Widal's test reacted. |
| Worple Road | Male, aged 19. | Employed in London daily. Sanitary arrangements good. |
| Lansdowne Rd. | Female, aged 28. | Sanitary arrangements perfect. Widal's test gave no reaction. |
| Gladstone Road | Male, aged 9. | Putrid body of mouse found in draw-off pipe from drinking water cistern. Others in house had suffered from acute diarrhoea. |
| Merton Road | Male, aged 16. | Shell fish. |
Small Pox One case of Small-pox was notified during the year, which
occurred in March, the patient being a child about 6 months old.
I visited the house and saw the patient. The case was, in my
opinion, a most doubtful one, and after investigation, I felt justified
in permitting the child to be kept at home. In the meantime,
every precaution was taken, and all arrangements made, in