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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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16 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XI.
| Disease. | Total Cases occurring in each Locality. | Total Cases occuring. | Number admitted into Hospital. | Total Deaths. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 79 | 13 | 36 | 37 | 66 | 143 | 374 | 356 | 26 |
| Scarlet Fever | 100 | 43 | 88 | 81 | 83 | 184 | 579 | 514 | 3 |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | — | 9 | 24 | 14 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Erysipelas | 22 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 41 | 101 | 14 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 224 | 72 | 86 | 49 | 214 | 584 | 1229 | 114 | 30 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Influenzal | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 39 | - | 33 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Primary | 72 | 30 | 53 | 26 | 37 | 171 | 389 | - | 79 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | _- | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 512 | 176 | 284 | 221 | 424 | 1175 | 2792 | 1038 | 195 |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 101 | 41 | 99 | 70 | 80 | 206 | 597 | - | 319 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 36 | 15 | — |
| Total | 108 | 44 | 104 | 76 | 83 | 218 | 633 | 15 | 319 |
| Grand Total | 620 | 220 | 388 | 297 | 507 | 1393 | 3425 | 1053 | 514 |