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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128 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
66 of the cases were notified from Brompton Hospital, 24 from
Mount Vernon Hospital, 11 from Battersea Dispensary, nine from the
Brompton Sanatorium, Frimley, seven from Kennington Dispensary,
16 from St. Thomas's Hospital, eight from St. George's Hospital, and
the remainder from various Hospitals and Sanatoria in London and
the provinces.
Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
One notification | 44 | 11 | 44 | 19 | 43 | 161 |
Two notifications | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 |
Three notifications | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
Total | 50 | 50 | 24 | 49 | 187 |
The next Table shows the number of cases notified from
Hospitals since 1908, the number that were fatal in each year,
and the number recovered, removed, and cases living at the close
of 1912.
Year. | Cases reported. | Cases died. | Removed. | Recovered. | No inquiries. | Cases living at close of 1912. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | ||||||
1908 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
1909 | 32 | ... | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ... | 4 |
1910 | 30 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | ... | 1 | 6 |
1911 | 193 | ... | ... | ... | 21 | 31 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 84 |
1912 | 187 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30 | 19 | 3 | ... | 135 |
444 | ... | 1 | 15 | 26 | 67 | 96 | 8 | 2 | 229 |
One of the cases notified in 1909 and 12 in 1911 became Poor
Law cases and have been transferred to that Table.