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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infective Diseases.
TABLE III.
| Notifiable Diseases. | No. of CASES of Infective Diseases grouped in Age Periods. | Total Cases occurring. | Number admitted into Hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—35 | | 36—45 | 45—65 | 65 and upwards | |||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 33 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 165 | 151 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | 11 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 51 | 19 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 4 | — | 195 | 153 |
| Measles | 20 | 20 | 39 | 28 | 37 | 42 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 2 | — | 230 | 47 |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 48 | |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 13 | 9 12 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 11 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 12 | 58 | 39 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 9 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 19 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 13 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 74 | 74 |
| Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia:— | ||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 49 | 2 |
| Acute Primary | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 57 | 44 | 200 | 35 |
| Tuberculosis—All forms | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 63 | 241 | 74 | 82 | 24 | 522 | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Total | 98 | 73 | 87 | 84 | 78 | 159 | 65 | 154 | 397 | 143 | 213 | 98 | 1649 | 575 |