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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 65 and upwards. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | H Tooting. | w Wandsworth | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | H Tooting. | w Wandsworth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 51015. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | |||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 401 | 6 | 121 | 205 | 32 | 35 | 2 | 42 | 19 | 154 | 44 | 142 | 30 | 14 | 118 | 28 | IO4 |
| Membranous Croup | 5 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 267 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 160 | 40 | 54 | 8 | 54 | 25 | 126 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 774 | 12 | 205 | 444 | 80 | 33 | ... | 102 | 82 | 220 | 84 | ... | 75 | 09 | ... | ... | 234 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 70 | ... | 3 | 20 | 15 | 3i | i | 16 | 4 | 19 | ... | 29 | 7 | ... | 9 | ... | ... |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 10 | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague Chicken-pox | 892 | "64 | 548 | 446 | 26 | "8 | ... | 191 | 21 | 200 | 57 | 423 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis | 118 | ... | 2 | 13 | 15 | 84 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 11 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 2,550 | 89 | 693 | 1,156 | 199 | 346 | 47 | 423 | 137 | 667 | 222 | l,101 | 117 | 83 | 296 | 91 | 356 |
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