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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 1908

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

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE XXXII.

TABLE XXXII.

Institution.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Cerebrospinal Meningitis.Puerperal Fever.Total.
Union Infirmary260235—3102
St. Thomas' Hospital53261118
Victoria Hospital for Children69————15
Belgrave Hospital54——1—10
Clapham Maternity4—————4
London Fever Hospl.31————4
Westminster Hospital——111—3
Sydenham Children's Hospital1——1——3
St. George's Hospital—I————2
Throat Hospital—2————2
Bolingbroke Hospital1I————2
Charing Cross Hospital1—————1
Northern Hospital—————1
Western Hospital1—————1
German Hospital—I————1
Orthopaedic Hospital...—I————1
Dr. Barnardo's Home———1——1
Total318454434171

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There has been a large increase in the number of these notifications,
due chiefly to the increase in the number of cases of
Erysipelas and Diphtheria notified from the Infirmary. In 1907
the total number of cases notified from outside Institutions was
only 55, and 92 in 1906.