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Wandsworth 1918
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XI. Wandsworth District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1918. (Table II.)
| Notifiable Disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Clapham. | Putney. | Streatham. | Tooting. | Wandsworth. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 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) | 487 | 10 | 118 | 289 | 44 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 135 | 12 | 140 | 73 | 127 | 441 |
| Erysipelas | 95 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 19 |
| Scarlet Fever | 563 | 1 | 110 | 375 | 56 | 19 | 2 | ... | 93 | 18 | 138 | 123 | 191 | 499 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 38 | ... | ... | 8 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 30 |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 16 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 11 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 21 | ... | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 777 | ... | 8 | 83 | 152 | 390 | 127 | 17 | 145 | 57 | 203 | 125 | 247 | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 218 | 5 | 54 | 76 | 35 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 35 | 10 | 47 | 37 | 89 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 35 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Measles | 3,184 | 100 | 1,319 | 1,597 | 107 | 53 | 8 | ... | 672 | 472 | 620 | 358 | 1,052 | 38 |
| German Measles | 397 | 10 | 90 | 193 | 62 | 37 | 5 | ... | 90 | 34 | 116 | 65 | 92 | ... |
| Chicken Pox | 392 | 17 | 102 | 257 | 11 | 3 | ... | 2 | 67 | 24 | 130 | 47 | 124 | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 83 | 10 | 50 | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 58 | ... |
| Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Totals | 6,310 | 190 | 1,861 | 2,915 | 492 | 596 | 214 | 42 | 1,287 | 643 | 1,456 | 873 | 2,051 | 1,063 |
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