London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wandsworth 1919
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
W andsworth D istrict.
| Notifiable Disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
| Diphtheria (including.Membranous Croup) | 525 | 3 | 94 | 312 | 84 | 29 | 3 | ... | 152 | 17 | 159 | 62 | 135 | 427 |
| Erysipelas | 143 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 46 | 48 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 51 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 893 | 1 | 155 | 613 | 84 | 38 | 2 | ... | 190 | 30 | 196 | 175 | 302 | 777 |
| Enteric Fever | 18 | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Puerperal Fever | 28 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 19 | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 11 | ... | 2 | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 54 | 54 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 788 | ... | 8 | 66 | 174 | 369 | 150 | 21 | 140 | 53 | 223 | 122 | 250 | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 163 | 6 | 24 | 72 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 31 | 20 | 76 | ... |
| Measles | 2,041 | 46 | 826 | 1,120 | 27 | 18 | 4 | ... | 236 | 19 | 828 | 638 | 320 | 28 |
| German Measles | 234 | 7 | 40 | 141 | 26 | 16 | 4 | ... | 43 | 17 | 69 | 26 | 79 | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 386 | 26 | 157 | 200 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 107 | 75 | 79 | 38 | 87 | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 7 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 198 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 26 | 80 | 35 | 11 | 25 | 21 | 56 | 29 | 67 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 213 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 25 | 50 | 47 | 21 | 34 | 14 | 39 | 28 | 98 | ... |
| Malaria | 207 | ... | ... | ... | 51 | 145 | 11 | ... | 18 | 23 | 32 | 4 | 93 | 12 |
| Dysentery | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Trench Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Totals | 5,935 | 164 | 1,361 | 2,603 | 562 | 853 | 327 | 65 | 1,028 | 290 | 1,782 | 1,225 | 1,610 | 1,336 |
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