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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table XVI.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1922.
Notifiable Disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||
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At Ages—Years. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||||||||||||
At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1—2. | 2—3. | 3—4. | 4—5. | 5—10. | 10—15. | 15—20. | 20—35. | 35—45. | 45—65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 838 | 13 | 38 | 63 | 53 | 46 | 284 | 159 | 65 | 96 | 17 | 4 | 167 | 67 | 146 | 160 | 298 | 813 | |
Erysipelas | 108 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 17 | 28 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 47 | 29 |
Scarlet Fever | 1,257 | 12 | 26 | 72 | 56 | 57 | 494 | 299 | 113 | 99 | 25 | 4 | 228 | 57 | 332 | 154 | 486 | 1,118 | |
Enteric Fever | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 18 | 21 |
Puerperal Fever | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Polio-myelitis | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 42 | 42 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 398 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 7 | 33 | 170 | 87 | 84 | 8 | 84 | 33 | 105 | 56 | 120 | .. |
Other Forms of Tuberculosis | 145 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 29 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 38 | 20 | 56 | |
Whooping Cough | 1,056 | 130 | 159 | 170 | 97 | 105 | 351 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 1 | .. | 188 | 99 | 328 | 94 | 347 | 34 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 180 | 3 | 4 | 8 | .. | 3 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 32 | 38 | 34 | 38 | 16 | 56 | 20 | 50 | .. |
Acute Primary Pneumonia | 466 | 36 | 52 | 32 | 14 | 16 | 42 | 22 | 16 | 78 | 40 | 76 | 42 | 79 | 48 | 79 | 56 | 204 | .. |
Malaria | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. |
Dysentery | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Trench Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Total | 4,561 | 250 | 289 | 352 | 228 | 231 | 1,224 | 554 | 272 | 554 | 240 | 264 | 103 | 854 | 349 | 1,137 | 577 | 1,644 | 2,055 |