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.
Wandsworth District.
| Notifiable Disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. (e.g. Parish or Ward) of the District | Total cases removed 1 to hospital. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | |||||||||
| Under | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 510 | 6 | 146 | 276 | 43 | 34 | 5 | ... | 110 | 34 | 111 | 106 | 149 | 428 | |
| Erysipelas | 202 | l | 3 | 13 | 10 | 74 | 70 | 31 | 42 | 10 | 42 | 22 | 86 | ... | |
| Scarlet Fever | 869 | 4 | 201 | 566 | 61 | 35 | 2 | ... | 170 | 49 | 219 | 125 | 306 | 725 | |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Enteric Fever | 58 | ... | 1 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 42 | |
| Relapsing Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Continned Fever | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | i | 1 | 2 | I | ... | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 24 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 19 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ... | |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Phthisis | Under Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908 Under Tuberculosis | 288 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 33 | 1 12 | 77 | 31 | 42 | 16 | 41 | 75 | 114 | ... |
| Regulations, 1911 | 197 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 59 | 95 | 21 | 2 | 47 | 12 | 53 | 27 | 58 | ... | |
| Others | 42 | ... | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ... | 8 | 2 | 26 | ||
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 5 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Polio Myelitis | 5 | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 34 | 34 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 15 | ... | |
| Chicken-pox | 237 | 11 | 82 | 126 | 11 | 7 | ... | ... | 65 | 7 | 62 | 39 | 64 | ... | |
| Totals | 2,476 | 59 | 447 | 1,052 | 251 | 412 | 189 | 66 | 506 | 135 | 568 | 407 | 860 | 1,200 | |