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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
Wimbledon 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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TABLE. 4.
Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1893, in the Urban Sanitary District of Wimbledon
classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities. | Population at all ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5 | New cases of sickness coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of suchcases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||
| Census, 1891. | Estimatd to Middle of 1893 | Small Pox. | Scarlatina | Diphtheria | Membranous Croup | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diptheria | |||||||
| Typhus. | Typhoid. | Continued | Relapsing | Puerperal | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | ||||||||||||||
| WIMBLEDON | 25,758 | 28,000 | 780 | under 5 | 2 | 76 | 5 | 0 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 2 | 37 | ... |
| 5 upw'ds | 5 | 216 | 32 | 2 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | 64 | 5 | 127 | ... | ||||
| ATKINSON MORLEY'S HOSPITAL | Yearly average Number of Patients 961. | under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 5 upw'ds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| DURNSFORD HOSPITAL | Yearly average Number of Patients 54. | under 5 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | ||
| 5 upw'ds | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | ||||
| TOTALS | under 5 | 10 | 76 | 5 | 0 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 10 | 37 | ... | |||
| 5 upw'ds | 11 | 218 | 32 | 2 | ... | 12 | ... | ... | 11 | ... | 71 | 11 | 129 | ... | ||||