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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
Wimbledon 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Table showing the death-rate from Zymotic Diseases, including Tuberculous Diseases, for the last ten years.
| YEAR. | Zymotic Death-rate. | Death-Rate From | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | "Fever." | Whooping Cough. | Measles. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis and other Tuberc'los Diseases. | ||
| 1917 | 1.25 | - | - | .2 | .05 | .01 | .65 | .29 | 1.36 |
| 1918 | .68 | — | — | .13 | .01 | .23 | .09 | .19 | 1.27 |
| 1919 | .26 | — | .01 | .13 | — | — | .03 | .08 | .8 |
| 1920 | .46 | — | .03 | .19 | — | .03 | .09 | .11 | .72 |
| 1921 | .63 | — | .01 | .22 | .01 | .06 | - | .3 | .79 |
| 1922 | 1.06 | — | .00 | .1 | — | .08 | '00 | .05 | .76 |
| 1923 | 1.00 | — | .05 | .08 | — | .06 | .06 | .08 | .63 |
| 1924 | 1.10 | — | .06 | .01 | .01 | .05 | .15 | .05 | .75 |
| 1925 | 1.01 | - | .03 | .01 | — | .1 | — | .08 | .77 |
| 1926 | .706 | - | — | - | - | - | .103 | - | .6 |
The figures given in this Table are those obtained after
correction by exclusion of "Non-Residents" and the inclusion
of "Residents" beyond the district.
Table showing the Ward Distribution of Infectious cases notified in 1926, and the numbers removed to hospital.
| Notifiable Disease. | All Ages. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality (e g. Parish or Ward) of the, District. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon Park Ward | St. Mary's Ward. | St. John's Ward. | Cottenham Park Ward. | Dundonald Ward. | Trinity Ward. | South Park Ward. | Haydon Park Ward. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 26 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| Erysipelas | 17 | 3 | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 165 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 140 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 48 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 58 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pneumonia | 39 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 5 | - |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anterio Poliomyelitis | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Totals | 320 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 57 | 86 | 55 | 43 | 239 |