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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 15
Table X. shows the cases of infectious diseases that occurred during the year, grouped in certain age periods,
and Table XI. shows the same cases grouped according to sub-districts in which they occurred.
TABLE X.
| Disease. | Total. | No. of Cases Occurring. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages — Years. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 15 | 15 and upwards | 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 | 374 | 285 | 89 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 24 | 20 | 120 | 71 | 36 | 38 | 11 | 4 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 579 | 483 | 96 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 42 | 51 | 238 | 112 | 40 | 48 | 7 | 1 | - |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid | 24 | 8 | 16 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | - |
| Erysipelas | 101 | 13 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 17 |
| Whooping Cough | 1229 | 1209 | 20 | 154 | 155 | 159 | 193 | 131 | 394 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 39 | 3 | 36 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 6 |
| Acute Primary | 389 | 139 | 250 | 19 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 56 | 47 | 75 | 48 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Polio-myelitis | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | 1 | 5 | — | - | 1 | - | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Malaria | 10 | — | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| Dysentery | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 2792 | 2162 | 630 | 195 | 209 | 225 | 278 | 211 | 792 | 252 | 123 | 191 | 100 | 144 | 72 |