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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V. INFECTIVE DISEASES
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES | TOTAL CASES OF INFECTIVE DISEASES OCCURRING IN EACH WARD | Whole Borough | Deaths | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUTNEY | CENTRAL | CLAPHAM | STREATHAM | |||||||||||||||||||
| Putney | Thamesfield | Fairfield | West Hill | Southfield | Earlsfield | Springfield | Tooting | Graveney | Bedford | Larkhall | Clapham North | Clapham Park | Thornton | Balham | Streatham Hill | St. Leonards | Streatham Common | Streatham South | Furzedown | |||
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 30 | 28 | 21 | 25 | 38 | 27 | 21 | 38 | 28 | 29 | 38 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 20 | 30 | 78 | 33 | 535 | 1 |
| Measles | 69 | 70 | 198 | 76 | 205 | 253 | 139 | 141 | 97 | 135 | 158 | 135 | 84 | 49 | 89 | 1 10 | 66 | 74 | 59 | 83 | 2,290 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 17 | 77 | 17 | 14 | 28 | 38 | 86 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 400 | 1 |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 3 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 118 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 230 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 68 | _ |
| Scabies | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 30 | _ | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 156 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 6 | _ |
| Meningococcal Infection | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 39 | 5 |
| Acute Encephalitis | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia:— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 52 | 14 |
| Acute Primary | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 184 | 50 |
| Tuberculosis—All forms | 50 | 24 | 35 | 31 | 32 | 46 | 26 | 47 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 45 | 36 | 46 | 43 | 34 | 22 | 13 | 18 | 28 | 666 | 95 |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 4 | 2 | 3 | 123 | – |
| Continued Fever | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Total | 181 | 162 | 401 | 173 | 313 | 422 | 262 | 475 | 252 | 248 | 273 | 268 204 | 155 | 204 | 195 176 | 163 | 128 | 187 | 4,792 | 171 | ||