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Wimbledon 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Wimbledon Urban District. TABLE 3-
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during- the year 1903.
| 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. | Holy Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | St. Mary's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Cottenham Park Ward. | Dundonald Ward. | Holy Trinity. Ward. | South Park Ward. | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 58 | ... | 19 | 31 | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 6 | 20 | 25 | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| Membranous croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 40 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | n | 14 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet fever | 113 | 1 | 27 | 70 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 44 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 36 | |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 15 | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | 7 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 4 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| *Measles | 104 | 8 | 45 | 44 | 5 | 2 | ... | 5 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 38 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 334 | 11 | 92 | 153 | 28 | 45 | 5 | 16 | 34 | 24 | 43 | 97 | 120 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 54 |
The Isolation Hospital 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.
* Measles notifiable from June 1898 to June 1903.