Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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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.
BOROUGH OF WIMBLEDON. TABLE 3
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1906.
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'sWard. | St. John's Ward. | Cottenham . Park Ward. | Dundonald Ward. | Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | ||||||
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 | ||||||||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | (H.) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | (H.) |
... | ... | ||||||||||||||||||
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria | 55 | ... | 14 | 27 | 7 | 7 | ... | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 6 |
Membranous croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Erysipelas | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Scarlet fever | 229 | 1 | 58 | 146 | 12 | 12 | ... | 14 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 84 | 86 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 78 | 63 |
Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric fever | 11 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | l | ... | 3 | 4 |
Relapsing fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Totals | 328 | 2 | 75 | 178 | 30 | 41 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 44 | 114 | 115 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 95 | 73 |