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Wandsworth 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1934.
TABLE IX.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total CASES of Infective Diseases occurring in each Locality. | Total Cases occurring. | Number admitted into Hospital. | Total Deaths. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham. | Putney. | Balham. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 111 | 55 | 58 | 77 | 77 | 174 | 552 | 547 | 21 |
| Scarlet Fever | 235 | 109 | 197 | 339 | 232 | 461 | 1573 | 1332 | 5 |
| Enteric and Para-typhoid Fevers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 8 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | — | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 11 | — |
| Erysipelas | 19 | 14 | 21 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 150 | 57 | 8 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Influenzal | 5 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 49 | — | 11 |
| Pneumonia—Acute Primary | 71 | 42 | 49 | 60 | 64 | 156 | 442 | — | 80 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Polio-myelitis | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Total | 456 | 233 | 341 | 513 | 421 | 875 | 2839 | 1985 | 138 |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 108 | 74 | 88 | 96 | 106 | 149 | 621 | — | 276 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | — | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 11 | — |
| Total | 122 | 74 | 97 | 99 | 109 | 154 | 655 | 11 | 276 |
| Grand Total | 578 | 307 | 438 | 612 | 530 | 1029 | 3494 | 1996 | 414 |