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Wimbledon 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Table showing Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during each year from 1926 to 1938.
| Disease | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | 165 | 109 | 126 | 131 | 127 | 75 | 126 | 126 | 130 | 87 | 105 | 55 | 55 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 26 | 52 | 170 | 150 | 140 | 74 | 64 | 21 | 47 | 45 | 49 | 60 | 37 |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | ... | 7 | 6 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | ... | 9 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 39 | 42 | 32 | 39 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 19 |
| Aoute Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 20 | 5 | ... | 6 | 20 | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Acute Polio-encephalitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Malaria | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 20 | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Erysipelas | 17 | 24 | 19 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 18 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 23 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 48 | 56 | 65 | 56 | 56 | 67 | 81 | 70 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 75 | 43 |
| Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis | 6 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 8 | |
| Totals | 320 | 401 | 455 | 457 | 404 | 301 | 381 | 312 | 311 | 241 | 286 | 304 | 208 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
Fifty-one cases of tuberculosis were notified. This figure
shows a decrease of thirty-nine on the number for the previous
year.
The deaths from tuberculosis were two less than in 1937,
the total figure being thirty-one.
Of the twenty-five deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis,
twelve died outside the district (seven males and five females).
These deaths were transferred to Wimbledon by the RegistrarGeneral.
There were six non-pulmonary deaths (four males and
two females). Two males and one female died outside the
district. The causes of death in these cases were as follows:—
Tuberculous right knee joint 1
Intestinal and Peritoneal Tuberculosis 1
Tuberculosis of the Kidneys 1
At the end of the year there were three hundred and
seventy-three cases remaining on the tuberculosis register, two
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