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 Sutton]
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N.B.—The four columns marked * have been inserted to show the birth, death, and infantile mortality rates of Sutton excluding the public institutions in the district.
| Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District. | Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District. | Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District. |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Fulham Union Workhouse, Belmont | County Asylums | The Cottage Hospital, Sutton |
| Metropolitan Asylums Board Ringworm Schools | Epsom Union Workhouse | The Cottage Hospital, Carshalton |
| The Cottage Hospital. | Cuddington Isolation Hospital |
The Union Workhouse is in the Epsom Urban District.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital * | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At alt Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||
| Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 10 | .. | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | 28 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 4 | .. | .. | 15 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 49 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
* Isolation Hospital, Sutton, Carshalton, and Leatherhead (Urban) and Epsom (Rural)
Districts Joint Hospital at Cuddington.
Total available beds, 92. Number of diseases that can be concurrently treated, 3.