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.
TABLE XXX.
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Polio- Myelitis. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. John's Infirmary | 9 | 3 | ... | 9 | ... | 4 | ... | 25 |
St. James's Infirmary | ... | ... | 1 | 18 | 3 | 1 | ... | 23 |
St. Thomas's Hospital | 2 | 4 | ... | 9 | 2 | ... | 1 | 18 |
Belgrave Hospital | 4 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 12 |
London Fever Hospital | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 |
South Western Hospital | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
Royal Eye Hospital | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 6 |
Victoria Hospital | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
Bolingbroke Hospital | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Western Hospital | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Evelina Hospital | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
University College Hospital | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Westminster Hospital | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Central London Ophthalmic Hos. | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Brompton Hospital | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Fulham Infirmary | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
St. Bartholomew's Hospital | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
St. George's Hospital | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
South London Hospital for Women | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Throat Hospital, Golden Square | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Waterloo Hospital | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Totals | 37 | 31 | 2 | 40 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 130 |
There has been a slight increase in the number of these notifications
compared with 1913 when 128 cases were notified, compared
with 130 in 1914.
There was a decrease in the number of cases of Enteric Fever,
Polio-Myelitis, Puerperal Fever, and Ophthalmia Neonatorum, and
an increase in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and
Erysipelas.