Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Board of Works for the Wandsworth District being for the year ended 25th of March 1895
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| DISEASE. | No. cases notified. | No. patients removed to Hospital. | .No. died in Hospital. | No. died at Home. | Total deaths in Hospital and at Home. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | .. | ||||
| Scarlatina | 133 | 80 | 1 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 134 | .. | 6 | 10 | |
| Diphtheria | 110 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Membranous Croup | 13 | .. | .. | 9 | 9 |
| Enteric Fever | 41 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | |||
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Total | 444 | 131 | 14 | 32 | 46 |
Table VII. shows the prevalence of these diseases in the year
for each month.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 7 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 14 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 |