Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893 page 167

Wandsworth 1893

Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1893

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year of age of the industrial and labouring classes, and
evidently accentuated by defective feeding.
Cholera.
Although some cases of Cholera have occurred
in London and elsewhere, this much dreaded
disease did not become epidemic.
The Streatham Local Committee took every means to
meet it should it appear in the locality. A site was
obtained, hospital tents provided, and other arrangements
made.
Eortunately, however, these have not been needed up
to the present time, but certainly all the care and
attention has not been illdirected.
All danger of invasion is not yet over and precautions
should be continued.

Table: TABLE V.The following table gives the number of notified diseases, the number of cases removed to Hospital, and the number of deaths that took place, in both the Sub-district and the Hospital.

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TABLE V.

The following table gives the number of notified diseases, the number of cases removed to Hospital, and the number of deaths that took place, in both the Sub-district and the Hospital.

DISEASES.	Number of cases notified	Number of patients removed to Hospital.	Number died at Hospital.	Number died at Home.	Total deaths in Hospital and at Home.
Scarlet Fever	313	170	1	2	3
Diphtheria	65	32	3	5	8
Erysipelas	66	5	1	3	4
Puerperal Fever	4	..	..	1	1
Enteric or Typhoid	23	8	..	3	3
Small Pox	10	10	..	..	..
Continued Fevers	2	1	..	1	1
Totals	483	126	5	15	20

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Table: TABLE V.The following table gives the number of notified diseases, the number of cases removed to Hospital, and the number of deaths that took place, in both the Sub-district and the Hospital.