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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Disease. | No. of cases of mistaken diagnosis. | Total. | Total cases removed. | Percentage of j error in Diagnosis. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 725 | 4. |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 335 | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 9 | 54 | 16. |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 100.0 | |
| Polio-Myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Total | '5 | 12 | 24 | .3 | 24 | 88 | 1,118 | 78 |
In 1911 the percentage of cases of mistaken diagnosis for the
whole of London was, for Scarlet Fever 87, compared with 9.5 in
1910 ; for Diphtheria 127, compared with 14.1 ; and for Enteric
Fever 34'2, compared with 24.8.
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
Three cases were notified during the year (two in Tooting, and
one in Wandsworth), compared with five in 1911.
Two of the cases died, one from Cerebro-spinal Meningitis and
one from Posterior basal Meningitis. The third case was not
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
In London 105 cases of this disease were notified during the year,
compared with 101 in 1911.
21 deaths were registered as having been caused by Meningitis,
six in Clapham, two in Putney, four in Streatham, six in Tooting,
and three in Wandsworth, compared with 25 in 1911.