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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 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Parish of Tooting. 105

Table: TABLE VIII.Notifications received during the Year 1900.

TABLE VIII.

Notifications received during the Year 1900.

Cases Notified in Sub-District.Cases removed to Hospital or Notified from Hospital.
At all Ages.Under 1 Year.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
Small-pox................
Cholera................
Diphtheria31..7877229
Membranous Croup -2....2......2
Erysipelas11....2243..
Scarlet Fever63..936117..40
Typhus Fever................
Enteric Fever13....166..12
Relapsing Fever................
Continued Fever................
Plague................
Totals120..16492624583

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Scarlet Fever. The Prevalence of this disease showed an
increase upon the preceding year, the cases
notified numbering 63, of which 36 occurred amongst children
from 5 to 15 years of age. 40 of the cases, representing