Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
(87.) J. H., aged 27, of Bromfelde Road, Clapham. Nursed
by Mrs. H., of Lambeth. Not Small-pox.
(88.) E. W., aged 24, of Fountain Fever Hospital, Tooting.
Notified on the 8th April. Patient had been visiting
in Mitcham. No history of infection could be ascertained.
(89.) W. L., aged 31, of Peardon Street, Clapham. Notified
on the 9th April. Patient was infected by an unrecognised
case at the same address, only discovered when I
visited the premises.
(90.) W. L., aged 11 months, of Peardon Street, Clapham.
Son of above case. Unvaccinated. Infected by unrecognised
case in house. Fatal.
(91.) G. G., aged 45, of Peardon Street, Clapham. Notified
on the 11 th April. Patient was infected by his wife,
who fell ill about four weeks previous, and was not
attended by a medical man at the time.
(92.) F. F., aged 6, of Letchworth Street, Tooting. Notified
on the 11th April. Patient's father is a caretaker at a
doctor's surgery, and resides on the premises. Patient
was probably infected by an unrecognised case going
into the surgery. Unvaccinated.
(93.) E. L., aged 23, of Peardon Street, Clapham. Notified
on the 2nd April. Patient was infected by an unrecognised
case in the same house.
(94.) G. P., aged 2 weeks, of Trinity Road, Wandsworth.
Notified on the 14th April. Patient was infected by
M. R., of Prison Quarters, Wandsworth, another unrecognised
case.
(95.) L. P., aged 26, of Trinity Road, Wandsworth. Notified
on the 16th April. Mother of above case. Infected
by nurse who infected baby.
(96.) J. I., aged 30, of Sistova Road, Balham. Notified on
the 17th April. Patient was a modeller, employed at
St. John's Wood. No history of infection could be
ascertained.