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Wimbledon 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE III.
BOROUGH OF WIMBLEDON.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1908.
| notifiable disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. Mary's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Cottenham Park Ward. | Dundonald Ward. | Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | St. Mary's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Cottenham Park Ward. | Dundonald Ward. | Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||
| (H) | (H) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | – | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 94 | – | 23 | 54 | 9 | 8 | – | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 66 |
| Erysipelas | 35 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 131 | 3 | 32 | 72 | 15 | 9 | — | 7 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 30 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 28 | 40 | 103 |
| Typhus fever | – | – | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Relapsing fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Continued fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 226 | 4 | 56 | 129 | 30 | 44 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 29 | 75 | 96 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 57 | 64 | 171 |
The Isolation Hospital for Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever and Diphtheria Patients is situated in Gap Road, Wimbledon ; and the
Hospital for Small-pox (Croydon and Wimbledon Joint Board) at Cheam, Surrey.
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