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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140 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
83 cases were notified twice. 59 of these were by District
Medical Officers and the Medical Superintendent of the Union
Infirmary, 16 by the Medical Superintendent of the Infirmary and
the Medical Officer of the Tooting Home, three by the Medical
Officer of the Workhouse and the Medical Superintendent of the
Infirmary, and two by Medical Officers of other Institutions and
Infirmaries.
26 cases were notified three times. 17 of these were by
District Medical Officers, Medical Superintendent of the Infirmary,
and the Medical Officer of the Tooting Home; four by District
Medical Officers twice and the Medical Superintendent of the
Infirmary; three by the Medical Superintendent of the Infirmary
twice and the Medical Officer to the Tooting Home; and two by
District Medical Officers and the Medical Superintendent of the
Infirmary twice.
Five cases were notified four times. Three by District Medical
Officers, the Medical Superintendent of the Infirmary, and the
Medical Officer to the Tooting Home twice; and two by District
Medical Officers, the Medical Superintendent of the Infirmary
twice, and the Medical Officer to the Tooting Home.
Two cases were notified six times. One by District Medical
Officers twice and the Medical Superintendent of the Infirmary
four times; and one by District Medical Officers three,times and
the Medical Superintendent of the Infirmary three times.
This makes a total of 477 notifications received for the 317
cases.
The next Table shows the number of cases in the various
sub-districts, and the number who died, recovered, removed, the
number still in Institutions, and the number under observation.
The totals in Clapham, Tooting, and Wandsworth do not
correspond with those on Table LXI., as the unknown cases have
been allocated to the sub-district in which the patient last resided,
this residence being in all cases an Institution in that sub-district.