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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| Sub-Districts. | 1899 | 19OO | 19O1 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1909 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate above decennial average. | Rate below decennial average. | ||||||||||||
| Clapham | 3.33 | 1.85 | 2.09 | 2.15 | 1.66 | 1.86 | 1.35 | 1.54 | 1.06 | 1.09 | 1.23 | ... | .56 |
| Putney | 1.65 | 1.95 | 1.02 | 1.75 | 1.69 | 1.48 | 1.69 | 1.49 | 1.13 | .94 | .15 | ... | .62 |
| Streatham | 2.29 | 1.7 | 1.14 | 1.76 | 1.38 | 1.33 | 1.10 | 1.31 | .93 | 1.03 | .87 | ... | .52 |
| Tooting | 2.17 | 2.84 | 3.38 | 2.58 | 2.07 | 2.50 | 2.81 | 3.04 | 2.99 | 1.69 | 1.87 | ... | .73 |
| Wandsworth. | 2.73 | 2.25 | 2.20 | 2.64 | 2.09 | 2.63 | 1.87 | 1.89 | 1.50 | 1.17 | 1..33 | ... | .75 |
| Borough. | 2.55 | 2.10 | 1.81 | 2.18 | 1.72 | 1.93 | 1.57 | 1.70 | 1.34 | 1.14 | 1.1.7 | ... | .63 |
No cases of Small-pox were notified during the year, none in
1906, 1907, or 1908, one in 1905, six in 1904, 28 in 1903, and 127in
1902.
987 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified, compared with 1,232in
1908, and 1,330 in 1907; of Diphtheria 380, compared with 581
and 629; of Enteric Fever 66, compared with 60 and 70; of Puerperal
Fever 26, compared with 14 and 25; and of Erysipelas 192,.
compared with 203.
Compared with 1908 there has been a decrease in the number
of cases of all the notifiable diseases with the exception of
Puerperal Fever.