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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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
127
As is to be expected, the deaths from General Tuberculosis
shows the highest mortality, four out of the four cases notified
having been fatal and the next highest mortality occurred among
cases of Tuberculosis of the Brain, 43 out of 44 having been fatal.
Out of the total of 199, 68 died, five have removed to other
districts, while 126 cases are still on the Register and under observation.