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Wandsworth 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XI.
Wandsworth District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1917. (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. | 5 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 435 | 6 | 116 | 257 | 34 | 22 | ... | ... | 103 | 30 | 96 | 82 | 124 | 391 |
| Erysipelas | 103 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 45 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 26 | 18 | 34 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 566 | 1 | 111 | 375 | 54 | 25 | ... | ... | 105 | 16 | 131 | 146 | 168 | 523 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 47 | ... | ... | 13 | 11 | 17 | 6 | ... | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 35 |
| Continued Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 12 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 26 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 12 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 5 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 622 | 4 | 8 | 63 | 152 | 281 | 99 | 15 | 115 | 43 | 174 | 89 | 201 | ... |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 193 | 7 | 38 | 73 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 9 | 47 | 29 | 77 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 29 | 29 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | ... |
| Measles | 5.371 | 184 | 2,030 | 2,744 | 262 | 143 | 8 | ... | 866 | 178 | 1,518 | 910 | 1,899 | ... |
| German Mealses | 2,006 | 203 | 973 | 501 | 278 | 29 | 1 | 347 | 155 | 1,072 | 70 | 362 | ... | |
| Totals | 9,419 | 256 | 2,521 | 4,514 | 1.055 | 838 | 198 | 37 | 1,610 | 446 | 3,091 | 1,362 | 2,910 | 993 |
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