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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 1895
[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 1895, in the Urban Sanitary District of Wimbledon classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
| Names of Localities. (a) | Population at all ages. | Registered Births.(d) | Aged under 5 or over 5. (E) | New cases of sickness coming to the knowldege of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric or Typhoid Fever. | Puerperal. | Erysipelas. | Smallpox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | |||||
| Census, 1891. (b) | Estimatd to Middle of 1895. (c) | |||||||||||||
| WIMBLEDON (H) | 25,758 | 31,000 | 857 | under 5 | ... | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 14 | 9 |
| 5 upw'ds | 1 | 53 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 31 | 18 | ||||
| ATKINSON MORLEY'S HOSPITAL | Yearly average Number of Patients 961. | under 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| 5 upw'ds | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ||||
| TOTALS | 25,758 | 31,000 | 857 | under 5 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 14 | 9 | ||
| 5 upw'ds | 1 | 53 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 18 | ||||