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Wandsworth 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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18 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1930.
TABLE XII.
| Sub-Districts. | Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st December, 1929. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small pox. | Dead, Unvaccinated. | Certificates of Conscientious objection. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised. | Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be traced; and cases not having been found. | Remaining on Books as Unvaccinated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham | 550 | 293 | 5 | — | 18 | 145 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 30 |
| Putney | 298 | 207 | 2 | — | 3 | 54 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 14 |
| Balham | 535 | 278 | 3 | — | 23 | 156 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 37 |
| Streatham | 823 | 409 | 10 | — | 40 | 215 | 5 | 85 | 26 | 33 |
| Tooting | 427 | 162 | 5 | — | 15 | 189 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 31 |
| Wandsworth | 977 | 589 | 4 | — | 42 | 257 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 33 |
| Totals | 3,610 | 1,938 | 29 | — | 141 | 1,016 | 20 | 135 | 153 | 178 |
Diphtheria.
8G6 cases occurred, compared with 724 in 1929, and 508 in
1928. The number of deaths was 30, compared with 25 in 1929.
The death-rate for 1930 was .08 and the case mortality was 3.4
per cent.
The rate per 1,000 of population was 2.43:—3.62 in
Clapham; 1.75 in Putney; 1.99 in Balham; 2.23 in Streatham;
3.24 in Tooting; and 1.93 in Wandsworth.
Of the 866 cases, 840 or 96 per cent., were removed to
hospital and no difficulty was experienced in having cases
removed promptly.
The Medical Officers of the London County Council made
inspections of the Bonneville Road, Cavendish Road, Clapham