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Wandsworth 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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The total number of cases, less Tuberculosis, was 2,792, compared
with 4,018 in 1922. The number is much lower than in the
previous year, and this is due almost entirely to the number of
cases of Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever having fallen from 2,095
to 953.
Small-pox.
No case of this disease occurred during the year.
Vaccination.
No vaccination or re-vaccination was performed by the Medical
Officer of Health under the Public Health (Small-pox) Regulations
during the year.
Table XII. is taken from the official returns of the Vaccination
Officers to the Board of Guardians for the year 1922. It shows
the number of children successfully vaccinated for the whole
Borough, as well as for the separate sub-districts. Streatham,
Balham and Tooting are included under the heading of Streatham.
TABLE XII.
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st December, 1922. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Smallpox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Certificates of Conscientious objection. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be traced; and cases not having been found. | Remaining on Books as Unvaccinated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 848 | 481 | 4 | — | 40 | 229 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 37 |
| Putney | 414 | 270 | — | — | 8 | 106 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Streatham | 2623 | 1153 | 9 | — | 129 | 939 | 28 | 129 | 80 | 156 |
| Wandsworth | 1437 | 835 | 1 | — | 60 | 427 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 51 |
| Totals | 5322 | 2745 | 14 | — | 237 | 1701 | 40 | 162 | 168 | 249 |