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.
Institution. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebrospinal Meningitis. | Puerperal Fever. | Total. |
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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.