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Wandsworth 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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16 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1949.

TABLE VII.

Analysis of the common infectious diseases during the last 49 years showing the number of cases and deaths occurring in the Borough in each period shown, with annual case rates and death rates calculated per 100,000 of the mean population of the period.

Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Enteric, which were notifiable continuously during the 49 years.

YearPopulationScarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric
CasesDeathsCase-rateDeath-rateCasesDeathsCase-rateDeath-rateCasesDeathsCase-rateDeath-rate
1901 1901/10 (10 years)232,034 census101121863726.8494540918215.0860132314.9
19111911/20 (10 years)311,402 census95741062993.3572840017912.545054141.7
19211921/30 (10 years)328,656 census9543822802.574643372199.82892980.85
19311931/38 (8 years) 1938353,101 census340,1006908322501.232951391194.311894.20.32
1939/44Evacuation of children
1945/49 (5 years)315,3342033012802735170.32401.50