Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1916
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Wandsworth District.
Notifiable Disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Clapham. 1 | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||||||
Under | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 531 | 3 | 136 | 313 | 47 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 25 | 102 | 82 | 237 | 460 |
Erysipelas | 157 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 32 | 68 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 47 | 35 | 45 | 16 |
Scarlet Fever | 690 | 3 | 139 | 443 | 67 | 37 | 1 | ... | 95 | 40 | 161 | 198 | 196 | 582 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Enteric Fever | 46 | ... | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 32 |
Continued Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 17 | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 28 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 | ||
Polio-Myelitis | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 59o | 1 | 10 | 55 | 102 | 280 | 121 | 21 | 115 | 47 | 138 | 89 | 201 | ... |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 216 | 12 | 59 | 77 | 36 | 21 | 11 | ... | 48 | 20 | 52 | 27 | 69 | ... |
Ophthalmia Neunatorum | 32 | 32 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 7 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
Measles | 1.930 | 58 | 589 | 1,075 | 106 | 90 | 12 | ... | 510 | 118 | 422 | 423 | 457 | ... |
German Measles | 1,649 | 32 | 222 | 948 | 252 | 163 | 32 | ... | 236 | 95 | 692 | 160 | 466 | ... |
Totals | 5,899 | 150 | 1,173 | 2,943 | 636 | 690 | 257 | 50 | 1,136 | 362 | 1,652 | 1,028 | 1,721 | 1,127 |
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