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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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TABLE XXXIX.—(continued.)
| No. of Cases. | Date of notification. | Name and address of patient. | Age. | Sex. | Date of onset. | RESULT OF CASE. | HAS BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION BEEN UNDERTAKEN | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date of death. | Recovery with or without permanent paralysis or other disablement. | Of material from patient? | Result. | Of contacts? | Result. | ||||||
| 12 | Feb. 5 | A. G., Crescent Lane, Clapham. | 5 | M | Feb. 1 | — | Recovery. No after effects | Yes | Diplococci present. | No. | — |
| 13 | Sep. 1 | 46 | M | Aug. 17 | Sep. 19 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Polygon, Clapham. | Chronic Nephritis. | ||||||||||
| 14 | Apl. 24 | N. R., | 17 | F | Apl. 24 | April 26 | — | — | — | — | _ |
| Maybury St., Tooting. | Tubercular Meningitis | ||||||||||
| 15 | Nov. 21 | A. S., | 8 | M | Nov. 1 | Nov. 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Huntsmoor Rd., Wandsworth. | Tubercular Meningitis. | ||||||||||
Of the two cases notified in 1919 which recovered, No. 8 is still well, and No. 9 has slight paralysis of the right
leg, and is deaf, but otherwise in good health.