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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
TABLE IX.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total. | No. of DEATHS from Infectious Diseases grouped in Age Periods. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15 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 | 23 | 23 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | 10 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fever | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 28 | - | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia:— Acute Influenzal | 25 | 1 | 24 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| Acute Primary | 85 | 17 | 68 | 7 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 22 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 190 | 80 | 110 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 33 |
| Non-Notifiable Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | 111 | 6 | 105 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 55 |
| Diarrhoea | 27 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Other (if any) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 142 | 30 | 112 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 58 |
| Grand Total | 332 | 110 | 222 | 46 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 79 | 91 |