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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 1919
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1919
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18 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
INFECTIVE DISEASES.
The next Table shows the number of deaths from these diseases
during the year and for the 10 previous years. The number above
or below the corrected decennial average is also shown.
| 1909. | I9I0. | 1911. | 1912. | I9I3. | 1914. | I9I5. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | 1919. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. above corrected average. | No. below corrected average. | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 14 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 7 | - | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 29 | 16 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 41 | 53 | 55 | 37 | 35 | 41 | 6 | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | -' | - | - | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | —. | — |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | — | 5 |
| Cont'd Fever | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerpl. Fever | 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7.2 | — |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | —. |
| Erysipelas | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - | 6. 6 |
| Measles | 108 | 44 | 230 | 51 | 116 | 26 | 152 | 22 | 129 | 45 | 18 | - | 82 |
| Whooping C. | 67 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 23 | 53 | 66 | 49 | 29 | 58 | 15 | - | 42 |
| Influenza | 89 | 5.5 | 24 | 45 | 59 | 58 | 90 | 74 | 56 | 834 | 310 | 162 | - |
| Diarrhoea | 120 | 88 | 350 | 85 | 168 | 186 | 125 | 95 | 78 | 96 | 58 | — | 90 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 362 | 351 | 389 | 366 | 355 | 389 | 434 | 396 | 424 | 455 | 342 | — | 78 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | ii | 8 | 9 | 2.2 | — |
| Other Infective Diseases | 14 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 32 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 12 | - | 9.8 |
| Totals | 828 | 667 | 1154 | 685 | 797 | 824 | 1001 | 750 | 817 | 1572 | 831 | - | 142 |
The total number of deaths from these diseases Was 831, 158
in Clapham, 82 in Putney. 263 in Streatham, 86 in Tooting, and
232 in Wandsworth.
From all infective diseases the death-rate was 2.50 per 1,000,
(2.65 in Clapham, 2.86 in Putney, 2.55 in Streatham, 2.48 in Tooting
and 2.32 in Wandsworth).