Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | ||
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 |
1927 | .94 | - | .01 | .03 | - | .05 | - | .03 | .8 |
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 1927, 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. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Mary's Ward. | Wimbledon Park 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) | 52 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 48 |
Erysipelas | 24 | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Scarlet Fever | 169 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 41 | 30 | 33 | 146 |
Enteric Fever | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 4 |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 56 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 37 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Pneumonia | 42 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
Influenzal Pneumonia | 9 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Small Pox | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Para-Typhoid | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
Totals | 401 | 28 | 34 | 20 | 34 | 48 | 103 | 67 | 67 | 257 |