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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.

Table: TABLE XXX.

TABLE XXX.

Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Polio- Myelitis.Total.
St. John's Infirmary93...9...4...25
St. James's Infirmary......11831...23
St. Thomas's Hospital24...92...118
Belgrave Hospital45...1...2...12
London Fever Hospital101...............11
South Western Hospital52...............7
Royal Eye Hospital...............6...6
Victoria Hospital13...............6
Bolingbroke Hospital22...............4
Western Hospital121............4
Evelina Hospital11...............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 Square1..................1
Waterloo Hospital...1...............1
Totals37312405141130

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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.