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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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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The number of cases of certain infectious diseases notified for
the year and for the previous 10 years is shown on the following
Table, as also the number above or below the corrected average.
| 1909. | I9I0. | 1911. | 1912. | .1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. | 1919. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. above decennial average. | No. below decennial average. | ||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 987 | 687 | 869 | 833 | 971 | 1417 | 1309 | 690 | 566 | 563 | 893 | - | 58 |
| Diphtheria | 380 | 284 | 510 | 431 | 43c | 55- | 723 | 531 | 435 | 487 | 525 | 16 | - |
| Enteric Fever | 68 | 54 | 63 | 73 | 52 | 48 | 50 | 46 | 47 | 38 | 18 | - | 41 |
| Puerperal Fever | 26 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 32 | 3c | 11 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 28 | 4.5 | - |
| Erysipelas | 192 | 182 | 202 | 207 | 204 | 234 | 195 | 157 | 103 | 95 | 143 | - | 40 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 13 | - | 3 |
| Polio-Myelitis | - | - | 5 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 4.2 | -- | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | 34 | 35 | 37 | 51 | 44 | 32 | 29 | 35 | 54 | 14 | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 389 | 289 | 514 | 855 | 783 | 7O6 | 646 | 590 | 622 | 777 | 788 | 128 | -- |
| Other Forms of Tuberculosis | - | 1 | - | - | 328 | 199 | 234 | 216 | 193 | 218 | 163 | -- | 84 |
Compared with 1918 there has been an increase in the number
of cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria, puerperal fever, erysipelas,
polio-myelitis, opthalmia neonatorum and pulmonary tuberculosis,
and a decrease of enteric fever, cerebro-spinal meningitis
and other forms of tuberculosis.
Compared with the corrected decennial average there has been
an increase in the number of cases of diphtheria, puerperal fever,
polio-myelitis, ophthalmia neonatorum and pulmonary tuberculosis,
and a decrease of scarlet fever, enteric fever, erysipelas, cerebrospinal
meningitis, and other forms of tuberculosis.
The number of cases of tuberculosis was unduly increased by
the notification of 168 cases among returned and discharged soldiers.