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Wimbledon 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Four of the patients were treated in the Cottage Hospital,
North Wimbledon, one in Atkinson Morley's Convalescent Hospital,
five in the Isolation Hospital, and the remaining six at their
own homes.
In 6 instances the evidence strongly favours their having
contracted the disease outside the district; in 2 the contagion was
attributed to oysters, but the source of infection in the other cases
could not be traced. On one occasion only was there defective
drainage and insanitary conditions found at the patients' residences
in Wimbledon.
The following are details of each case as far as obtainable : —
| Locality. | Person attacked. | Probable Source of Infection, and Remarks. |
|---|---|---|
| Ridgway Gardens | Female, aged 19. | Unknown. Drains and sanitary arrangements of house perfect. Defective drainage where she had been staying up to commencement of illness. |
| Wimbledon Hill | Female, aged 37. | No trace: sanitary conditions of house perfect. |
| Beehive Buildings | Female, aged 14. | No trace; sanitary arrangements good. |
| Church Road | Male, aged 15. | Unknown; insanitary defects found and remedied. Shell fish suspected. |
| " | Male, aged 17. | Infected by previous case. |
| " | Male, aged 9. | Infected by previous case. |
| Haydons Road | Male, aged 35. | Cellarman in the West End. Sanitary arrangements at home in good order. Fish suspected. Fatal. |