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.
Of the return cases of Diphtheria one occurred in Clapham,
nine in Streatham, one in Tooting-, and seven in Wandsworth.
The following- Table shows the date of removal to hospital of
the first case, the date of return from hospital, the number of days
the first case was in hospital, the date of the first symptoms of
the subsequent case, and the number of days elapsing- between the
return of the first case and the first symptoms of the subsequent
case or cases.
The average number of days the cases of Scarlet Fever were
in hospital was 63.6, and in the cases of Diphtheria 57.4 days.