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Wandsworth 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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12 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1932.
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 | 3o—io | 45—65 | 65 and upwards | ||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 16 | 16 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric and Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia:— | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 30 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
| Acute Primary | 66 | 13 | 53 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 16 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Polio-myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 155 | 54 | 101 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 40 | 26 |
| Non-Notifiable Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 37 | 35 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Influenza | 82 | 5 | 77 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 47 |
| Diarrhœa | 37 | 37 | - | 34 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other (if any) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 156 | 77 | 79 | 41 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 47 | ||
| Grand Total | 311 | 131 | 180 | 55 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 62 | 73 |
Maternal Mortality.
Seven deaths occurred from accidents and diseases of
pregnancy and six from Puerperal Fever, giving a total of 13
deaths after childbirth. This is equivalent to a rate of 3-0 per
1,000 births, compared with 4*8 in 1931.
Enquiries into all maternal deaths, which were instituted in
1928 at the instance of the Ministry of Health have been continued.