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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
TABLE VIII.
| Notifiable Diseases. | No. of CASES of Infective Diseases grouped in Age Periods. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | 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 | 552 | 462 | 90 | 3 | 25 | 45 | 44 | 59 | 225 | 61 | 34 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1573 | 1295 | 278 | 7 | 32 | 72 | 106 | 131 | 635 | 312 | 98 | 134 | 29 | 17 | — |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 19 | 4 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 15 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 13 | 1 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 150 | 11 | 139 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 68 | 27 |
| Pneumonia :— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Acute Influenzal | 49 | 5 | 44 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 7 |
| Acute Primary | 442 | 164 | 278 | 29 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 31 | 25 | 18 | 60 | 41 | 93 | 66 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Polio-myelitis | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Malaria | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 34 | 34 | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis—All forms | 621 | 53 | 568 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 59 | 278 | 93 | 118 | 20 |
| Total | 3494 | 2036 | 1458 | 82 | 90 | 138 | 168 | 212 | 919 | 427 | 222 | 582 | 205 | 327 | 122 |