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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 1931
[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 Per 1,000 Population | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | " Fever." | Whooping Cough. | Measles. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis and other Tuberc'lo8 Diseases. | ||
| 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 |
| 1928 | 1.10 | ... | ... | .1 | ... | .08 | .11 | .03 | .7 |
| 1929 | 1.06 | .01 | ... | .1 | ... | .08 | ... | .05 | .8 |
| 1930 | .99 | ... | ... | .06 | ... | .03 | .16 | .03 | .69 |
| 1931 | .15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | .06 | ... | .08 | .90 |
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 1931, and the numbers removed to hospital.
| Notifiable disease. | All Ages. | Total Gases 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) | 74 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 26 | 72 |
| Erysipelas | 29 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 75 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 64 |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 67 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 67 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 13 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... |
| Pneumonia | 21 | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ... |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 |
| Small-pox | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Para-Typhoid | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| TOTALS | 301 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 30 | 50 | 64 | 43 | 67 | |