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Wandsworth 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XVI.
Wandsworth District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1915. (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) | 723 | 8 | 184 | 419 | 67 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 37 | 140 | 206 | 266 | 642 |
| Erysipelas | 195 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 58 | 65 | 30 | 31 | 15 | 43 | 33 | 73 | 32 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.309 | 10 | 262 | 853 | 121 | 62 | 1 | ... | 194 | 64 | 294 | 312 | 445 | 1,209 |
| Typhus Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 50 | ... | 3 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 8 | ... | 5 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 30 |
| Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 8 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 47 | 5 | 10 | '7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | ... | 6 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 35 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 6 | 6 |
| Ophthalmia Net natorum | 44 | 44 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 646 | 4 | 25 | 54 | 119 | 300 | 122 | 22 | 127 | 49 | 170 | 94 | 206 | ... |
| Other Icrms of Tuberculosis | 234 | 21 | 47 | 94 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 52 | 44 | 79 | ... |
| Chicken-pox | 191 | 6 | 56 | 123 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 53 | 11 | 35 | 40 | 52 | ... |
| Totals | 3,461 | 104 | 598 | 1.589 | 380 | 517 | 214 | 59 | 534 | 213 | 777 | 753 | 1,184 | 1,969 |
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.