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Wimbledon 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
The incidence of the notifiable infectious diseases was
considerably less than in 1930. Seventy-five cases of scarlet
fever were notified as compared with 127 notified during the
preceding year. The notifications of diphtheria amounted to
seventy-four, and were sixty-six less than in 1930.
In both the diseases the illness was of a relatively mild
type. In fact, there were no deaths in Wimbledon from
either disease during 1931.
The deaths from the non-notifiable infectious diseases in
1930 and 1931, were as follows:—
1930. 1931.
Whooping Cough 2 4
Measles 10 Nil.
Diarrhœa (under 2 years) 2 5
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