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.
In Public Institutions within the Borough one case of Scarlet
Fever and one of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified from the
Workhouse; three cases of Enteric Fever from H.M. Prison; two
cases of Enteric Fever from the Middlesex County Asylum; one
case of Scarlet Fever and four of Diphtheria from the Putney
Hospital; one case of Scarlet Fever from the Fountain Asylum;
and 32 cases of Scarlet Fever and 23 cases of Diphtheria from the
Fever Hospital.
The following Table shows the number of notifications received
from Institutions outside the Borough.
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Polio- Myelitis. | Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. James's Infirmary | ... | ... | 1 | 17 | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 25 |
St. Thomas's Hospital | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 21 |
Victoria Hospital | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 15 |
St. John's Infirmary | 1 | ... | 1 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 13 |
Belgrave Hospital | 5 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 12 |
Royal Eye Hospital | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 12 |
Joyce Green Hospital | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 |
St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
South Western Hospital | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
London Fever Hospital | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Central London Sick Asylum | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Evelina Hospital | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Western Hospital | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
St. Marylebone Infirmary | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
King's College Hospital | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
Park Hospital | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Royal Waterloo Hospital | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Guy's Hospital | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Royal Chest Hospital | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Hospital for Sick Children | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Throat Hospital | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Westminster Hospital | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Westminster Infirmary | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Charing Cross Hospital | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Totals | 26 | 21 | 5 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 128 |