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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
Wandsworth 1916
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The next Table shows the number of cases notified, the number
which died, removed, and recovered during the years 1913, 1914,
1915 and 1916, and the number still remaining on the register at
the end of 1916.
| Year. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Removed. | Recovered | Cases on Register. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913. | 1914. | 1915 | 1916. | Total. | |||||
| 1913 | 328 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 66 | 33 | 157 |
| 1914 | 199 | - | 68 | 5 | 4 | 77 | 31 | 11 | 79 |
| 1915 | 234 | — | — | 84 | 7 | 91 | 18 | 9 | l16 |
| 1916 | 215 | - | — | — | 67 | 67 | 2 | — | 146 |
| Total | 976 | 46 | 78 | 94 | 84 | 302 | 117 | 53 | 498 |
N.B.—The figures for 1913 do not correspond with the number of cases
notified as four cases of other forms of Tuberculosis notified in 1913
were in 1914 notified as suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. One
case of other forms of Tuberculosis notified in 1913 and one in 1914
were notified in 1915 as suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Table XXVI. is a summary of notifications during the period
from the 3rd January, 1916, to the 30th December, 1916.