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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
Wandsworth 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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14 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1929.
TABLE IX.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Total. | No. of DEATHS from Infectious Diseases grouped in Age Periods. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15 and upwards | Under 1 | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—35 | 35—45 | 45—65 | 65 and upwards | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 25 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fevers | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 9 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Whooping Cough | 62 , | 62 | - | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 45 | 1 | 44 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 |
| Acute Primary | 77 | 15 | 62 | 8 | 5 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 31 | 27 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Polio-myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Malaria | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 236 | 111 | 125 | 43 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 53 | 43 |
| Non-Notifiable Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza | 192 | 8 | 184 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | 15 | 62 | 100 |
| Diarrhœa | 35 | 29 | 6 | 25 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Other (if any) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 228 | 38 | 190 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | 17 | 63 | 103 |
| Grand Total | 464 | 149 | 315 | 70 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 116 | 146 |