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Wandsworth 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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16 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1958
TABLE II
| 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 | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 10 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 13 | 30 | 36 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 300 | _ |
| Measles | 239 | 64 | 80 | 225 | 145 | 70 | 56 | 154 | 49 | 107 | 87 | 23 | 30 | 35 | 83 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 33 | 51 | 1,602 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 9 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 126 | _ |
| Enteric Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | |||||||
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||||
| Dysentery | 15 | 2 | 13 | 34 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 36 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 341 | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 3 | 39 | _ |
| Scabies | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | _ | — | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 15 | _ |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | 2 | — | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 114 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 13 | — |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | _ | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Acute Encephalitis | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | — | _ | 1 | _ | 7 | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia:— | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 9 |
| Acute Primary | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | g | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 132 | 37 |
| Tuberculosis—all forms | 136 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 29 | 24 | 32 | 28 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 589 | 48 |
| Food Poisoning | 18 | 6 | 35 | 11 | 12 | 105 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | — | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 232 | — |
| Total | 441 | 114 | 206 | 356 | 220 | 298 | 174 | 281 | 127 | 206 | 170 | 105 | 105 | 165 | 145 | 106 | 90 | 101 | 88 | 109 | 3,607 | 95 |