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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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14 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1030.
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 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fevers | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 12 | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 6 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 9 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Acute Primary | 57 | 15 | 42 | 10 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 18 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Polio-myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 137 | 57 | 80 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 28 |
| Non-Notifiable Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 47 | - | - | 8 | 22 | 4 | 6 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Influenza . | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Diarrhoea | 33 | 32 | 1 | 30 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| Other (if any) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — |
| Total | 94 | 80 | 14 | 39 | 24 | 4 | 6 | - | 7 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Grand Total | 231 | 137 | 94 | 55 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 33 |