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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each locality. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | Clapham. | Putney. | j Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. 1 | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. h | Wandsworth, w | |||||||
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 51015. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria | 345 | 4 | 113 | 175 | 22 | 31 | ... | 65 | 17 | 120 | 40 | 103 | 51 | 14 | 97 | 29 | 85 |
| Membranous Croup | 3 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Erysipelas | 25 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 161 | 38 | 48 | 14 | 48 | 31 | 112 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 1,494 | 12 | 357 | 937 | 129 | 59 | ... | 267 | 51 | 292 | 177 | 707 | 235 | 38 | 229 | 132 | 623 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 96 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 40 | ... | 17 | 7 | l6 | 12 | 44 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Continued Fever | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 10 | ... | 3 | ... | 4 | 4 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Phthisis | 104 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 78 | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | 8 | 86 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 2,315 | 25 | 496 | 1,149 | 227 | 380 | 38 | 402 | 90 | 489 | 273 | 1,061 | 298 | 54 | 334 | 169 | 737 |
H—Fever Hospitals. w—Workhouse.