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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
Richmond upon Thames 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Table II. of L.G.B. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1913.
Borough of Richmond, (Surrey).
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. (e.g. Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years | North. | South. | East. | West. | North Sheen. | Kew. | Total. | |||||||
| 1 to 5. | 5 to15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards | ||||||||||
| Diphtheria | |||||||||||||||
| (including Membranous Croup) | 53 | 4 | 37 | 6 | 5 | .. | 1 | 32 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 34 |
| Erysipelas | 25 | .. | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 | .. |
| Scarlet fever | 90 | 10 | 65 | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | 23 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 90 | 67 |
| Enteric fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Poliomyelitis | l | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 61 | .. | 7 | 14 | 30 | 10 | .. | 14 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 8 | .. | 61 | .. |
| Tuberculosis | 12 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 12 | .. |
| Totals | 243 | 17 | 118 | 34 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 86 | 16 | 74 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 243 | 101 |
Small-pox Hospital—Dockwell, Middlesex,
Isolation Hospital- -Mogden, Middlesex Joint Hospital Committee.
The Workhouse is situated in the South Ward.