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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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| Disease | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 2 27 | 94 | 150 | 170 | 165 | 169 | 126 | 131 | 127 | 75 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 159 | 88 | 42 | 33 | 26 | 52 | 170 | 150 | 140 | 74 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ... | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 7 | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 11 | ... | 10 | 16 | 39 | 42 | 32 | 39 | 23 | 21 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | ... | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Malaria | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 33 | 29 | 29 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 62 | 55 | 64 | 63 | 48 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 56 | 67 |
| Non-pulmonary Tuber culosis | 16 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
| Totals | 509 | 266 | 330 | 324 | 320 | 401 | 455 | 457 | 404 | 301 |
Scarlet Fever.— The total number of cases notified during
the year was seventy-five from sixty-nine houses.
The attack rate was 1.27 per thousand of the population.
| Attack Rate. | Death Rate. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-1895 | 4.8 | .02 | Per thousand of the Population. |
| 1896-1900 | 3.3 | .04 | |
| 1901-1905 | 2.3 | .02 | |
| 1906-1910 | 4.07 | .05 | |
| 1911 -1915 | 3.03 | .01 | |
| 1916-1920 | 1.8 | .01 | |
| 1921-1925 | 3.04 | .02 | |
| 1926-1930 | 2.4 | .003 | |
In six houses there were two cases, and in the remaining
sixty-three houses, one case.
Sixty-one, or 81 per cent of the cases, were treated in the
Borough Isolation Hospital, Gap Road.
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