London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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DISEASE.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
1896.
1897.
Cases
Notifl'd Deaths.
Cases
Notifi'd Deaths.
Cases
Notifi'd Deaths.
Cases
Notili'd Deaths.
Cases
Notifi'd Deaths.
Cases
Notifi'd Deaths.
Cases
Notili'd Deaths.
Smallpox 4 •• •• •• 111 .. .. .. 8 1 .. ..
Scarlatina 177 3 303 9 440 14 133 3 184 3 400 15 501 12
Erysipelas 90 .. 132 10 194 9 134 10 129 4 116 5 111 1
Diphtheria 89 24 105 27 151 29 110 12 60 6 98 12 243 49
Membranous Croup 6 5 12 6 27 15 13 9 11 5 2 1
Enteric Fever 27 3 27 .. 39 9 41 6 47 7 22 4 37
Continued Fever 2 2 4 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. ..
Puerperal Fever 4 2 5 2 6 1 12 6 4 4 7 2 6 4
Typhus Fever 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Cholera .. • • • • • • • • • • 1
Total 400 39 588 55 868 77444 46 445 31 645 39 904 72
Seta of Bedding Stoved 3 64 230 137 201 391 660
Cost of disinfecting bedding £5 12s. 3d. £80 19s. lid. £287 16s. Id. £160 15s. 7d. £242 Is. 5d. £416 2s. Od. £669 18s. 2d.