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Wandsworth 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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28 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XVII.
Wandsworth District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1914. (Table 11.)
| 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 I. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | *5 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 552 | 5 | 129 | 336 | 48 | 29 | 5 | ... | 66 | 57 | 91 | 107 | 231 | 464 |
| Erysipelas | 234 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 73 | 67 | 31 | 44 | 8 | 60 | 39 | 83 | 40 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1417 | 11 | 258 | 910 | 154 | 79 | 5 | ... | 195 | 140 | 332 | 250 | 500 | 1215 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 48 | ... | ... | 14 | 15 | 13 | 6 | ... | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 30 |
| Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 30 | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 21 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 51 | 51 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 706 | 2 | 12 | 60 | 132 | 37 | 128 | 35 | 138 | 46 | 170 | 121 | 231 | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 199 | 10 | 49 | 79 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 46 | 40 | 73 | ... |
| Anthrax | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Totals | 3,.244 | 88 | 459 | 1,417 | 411 | 580 | 222 | 67 | 495 | 270 | 739 | 572 | 1168 | 1,781 |